as in either
in addition to what has been said
there's the cost of the car itself, and then there's the cost of insurance and maintenance
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If not, then there’s no chance at all.
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Big Think, 6 Feb. 2026
Another option would be converting a pair of their two-way players to team-favorable standard contracts, perhaps Myron Gardner and Jahmir Young, and then backfilling their two-way spots, with two-way players allowed to be signed until March 4.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
They are then put back in after rounds of chemotherapy to kill off the cancer cells.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026
Betting was the talk of the sports industry back then, and inevitably, the first season of the NFL-Genius partnership centered on maximizing the use of the official NFL data feeds, including the play-by-play feed, NFL’s proprietary Next Gen Stats, and the betting feed with the biggest sportsbooks.
—Steve Bornstein, Sportico.com, 5 Feb. 2026
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Big Think, 6 Feb. 2026
Another option would be converting a pair of their two-way players to team-favorable standard contracts, perhaps Myron Gardner and Jahmir Young, and then backfilling their two-way spots, with two-way players allowed to be signed until March 4.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
They are then put back in after rounds of chemotherapy to kill off the cancer cells.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026
Betting was the talk of the sports industry back then, and inevitably, the first season of the NFL-Genius partnership centered on maximizing the use of the official NFL data feeds, including the play-by-play feed, NFL’s proprietary Next Gen Stats, and the betting feed with the biggest sportsbooks.
—Steve Bornstein, Sportico.com, 5 Feb. 2026
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Adverb
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Luar isn’t hosting a show, either.—
Hilary Milnes,
Vogue,
10 Feb. 2026
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The Metro, opened a few years later, doesn’t really go there either — the Foggy Bottom–GWU/Kennedy Center stop is nearly half a mile away.—
Christopher Robbins,
Curbed,
9 Feb. 2026
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The race, which was pitted between a longtime Oklahoma politician and a political newcomer, has also received some controversy, with at least one advocate stating the election is pointless and that a lower turnout could influence later voter initiatives.—
Josh Kelly,
Oklahoman,
10 Feb. 2026
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Mahmood, a close ally of Starmer, is seen as a possible curveball that could re-engage left-wing voters who feel dissatisfied with Labour while also offering concessions to right-wing voters concerned about the immigration crisis.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Feb. 2026
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And besides, the problems had begun much earlier.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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There are subtler blanks besides.—
Dan Sheehan,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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In the meantime, an unstable government could become more rather than less aggressive, not least to keep younger hard-liners from rebelling.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Feb. 2026
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If Grosz’s first book, The Examined Life, was all about his patients’ personal lives and struggles, Love’s Labor—which is written in a similar way, as a series of case studies—is much more interested in his patients’ approach to love, specifically.—
Daisy Jones,
Vogue,
10 Feb. 2026
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