In 2019, the odds for the three worst teams were flattened, as a way to discourage teams from racing to the bottom.
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Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
More than three years after the evictions, satellite images show, their village has been flattened and, in its place, new buildings erected to support some of China’s most important nuclear weapons production facilities.
The looming canyon nearly obscures sunlight, and sinuous, layered stone reveals warm burgundy, grey, and violet striations smoothed by centuries of flooding.
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Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
Fronting the glittering waters of the Atlantic, the Louis XIII-style promenade is currently undergoing a multi-million-dollar renewal, its granite tiles buffed and smoothed, vegetation planted, and its sea lions by sculptor José Fioravanti returned to their former glory.
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