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Busch, who won more races in NASCAR's top three series than anyone in history, died suddenly on Thursday after passing out a day earlier in a driving simulator at General Motors facility in Concord, North Carolina.—
Mark Osborne,
CBS News,
23 May 2026 -
Busch, a two-time NASCAR champion, died at 41 on Thursday, a day after passing out in a Chevrolet simulator.—
Steve Reed,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2026
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Gosling headlines Miller and Phil Lord’s film adaption of Andy Weir’s 2021 book of the same name, which centers on a school teacher turned astronaut tasked with stopping a mysterious entity from blacking out the sun.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2026
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But beyond the humanitarian costs, blacking out the entire nation would be economically catastrophic for the region and could trigger a global recession.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Zonking (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zonking%20%28out%29. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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