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Soon after leaving school, the organization Fighting Words changed that for me.—
Via Riverhead,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026 -
Cynteria’s killing — and the girl’s history of abuse — changed how child welfare workers track runaway children.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
18 May 2026
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His weight fluctuated and boils broke out under his arms and along his neck, said Ramos, who frequently speaks with Castillo and Otero via phone.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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But yields later shifted into positive territory and then fluctuated around the flatline.—
Chloe Taylor,Joseph Wilkins,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
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But the War on Terror persisted and mutated into nightmares in Iraq and Afghanistan, and then Syria, which unleashed that darkness in the form of terrorist states and a refugee crisis that spread anti-Muslim and anti-migrant hatred to Europe, the United States, and beyond.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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According to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, BRCA2 is a gene that, when mutated, can increase a person’s lifetime risk of breast and other cancers, including ovarian, prostate and pancreatic.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
28 Apr. 2026
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The blushing singer was snapped getting a sweet smooch on the cheek from her big brother while backstage.—
John Russell,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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The Monarchs snapped a 3-3 tie with a five-run fourth inning to advance to the second round with a familiar drive.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
15 May 2026
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The agency’s involvement has varied, according to sources, from more passive intelligence sharing and providing general support to direct participation in assassination operations.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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Other surveys have varied widely on who is emerging as Bass’ strongest challenger, with support for Raman and Pratt fluctuating significantly across polls.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
7 May 2026
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Use the dropdown below to explore how districts’ 2024 presidential election results have shifted in each state that has passed new maps.—
Ashley Wu,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Building out the Battery Tour As the Battery Tour expanded beyond Kansas City, Young said his understanding of energy shifted from performance logistics to a broader humanitarian issue.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 May 2026
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The show that began as a bottom-up look at the cutthroat world of finance has metamorphosed into something more dismal.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
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The pressure and heat of deep burial and tectonic events over eons have transformed the silt into a hard metamorphic rock, and the microbial carbon in it has metamorphosed into graphite.—
Howard Lee,
ArsTechnica,
11 Aug. 2025
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Although Detroit collapsed in the second round, the front office’s confidence in Bickerstaff, who signed a contract extension the day after the Pistons ousted the Orlando Magic in the first round, hasn’t wavered.—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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But at the end of the day, my faith has not wavered in this group.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 May 2026
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“Turned around.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20around. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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