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Quarks crammed in tight can roam about freely, but try to separate them and the glue kicks in with a vengeance.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
6 Feb. 2026 -
The film falters, however, once something resembling an actual plot kicks in.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
24 Jan. 2026
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The championship-hopeful Cleveland Cavaliers pushed their chips in by acquiring 36-year-old James Harden, sending a 26-year-old point guard in Darius Garland to the Los Angeles Clippers to do so.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2026
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In a mixed blessing, AMD reported some sales of older chips in China.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2026
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In one heartbreaking plot, a poor mother gives away her son, August, to the upper-class industrialists who employed her now deceased husband.—
Colton Valentine,
New Yorker,
24 Jan. 2026
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And if the bullpen gives away another of your wins, maybe crack open a different brand of beer.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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When everyone pitches in, cooperation grows into enduring comfort.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
10 Feb. 2026
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And whatever was missing from Gallen’s repertoire of out-pitches in 2025 isn’t guaranteed to return.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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The bin that volunteers Alford and Wilson were processing on a recent morning were collected in November from Camp Stewart for Boys, a summer camp on the North Fork of the Guadalupe upstream from Hunt.—
Liz Teitz,
San Antonio Express-News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Smith now volunteers to help other inmates navigate the technology, particularly during virtual job interviews designed to simulate modern hiring processes.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
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Instead, the brunt of the impact will fall on other agencies within DHS, a sprawling department that includes the Transportation Security Administration, which provides airport security, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Coast Guard.—
Riley Beggin,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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Mecklenburg County provides a significant amount of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ funding, as voted on annually by county commissioners.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Throws in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throws%20in. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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