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• There is a lot of frosting on the cake.
• Granlund had the puck on his stick to the right of the Sharks’ net when he was checked against the boards by Rust.
  — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
• The crowd rises to their feet and cheer her on with vigor.
  — David Hill, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2024
• Doom scrolling on Twitter could be about to take a lot longer.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2022
• Host Cleveland on Monday in the second game of a back-to-back.
  — Beth Harris, ajc, 7 Nov. 2022
• The Bay View restaurant plans a grand opening on March 18.
  — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2023
• She can be reached at [e-mail] or at @dinahvp on Twitter.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2022
• On New Year’s Eve, Mabeus had jotted down a list of goals for 2023 in a note on her cellphone.
  — Lizzie Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Feb. 2023
• The Aztecs pride themselves on getting 11 players to the football.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2023
• The video ends with Haynes, now an old man, sitting on the same bench holding a four-leaf clover.
  — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
• Also, the Spurs had the night off on Sunday and should be better rested than the Blazers.
  — oregonlive, 23 Jan. 2023
• Smith was on the field for just four snaps in the 48-32 season-ending playoff loss to the Green Bay Packers.
  — Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2024
• Tickets are $35 and are available to purchase on Eventbrite.
  — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2023
• Read on below: Want more recipes and tips from the Voraciously team?
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
• He was found dead on Sunday behind the wheel of a white van, and his motive remains unclear.
  — Scott Wilson, Reis Thebault and Eileen Guo, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2023
• Touching on that, the show explores what could have been with space exploration.
  — Sharareh Drury, Variety, 14 Jan. 2024
• Pelosi endorsed Jeffries, Clark and Aguilar in a statement on Friday.
  — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 18 Nov. 2022
• The suspect was found dead on Sunday, but new information about the tragedy is still coming to light.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2023
• Officers near the scene of the double murder in Marshfield, Mass., on Wednesday.
  — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2022
• While fame is fleeting for most celebrities, P-22's legacy lives on — though in what form is now up for debate.
  — Stefanie Dazio, ajc, 5 Feb. 2023
• From an on-court standpoint, this handicap gets tricky.
  — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2023
• Butkus was quoted on his website that his fierceness on the field was a major factor in his success.
  — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2023
• Davis did so on an electric 81-yard punt return early in the second quarter.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2023
• The group is currently shooting season four of the series, which is largely set in Los Angeles, on the lot.
  — Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2024
• And fortunately, some of the best deals right now are on comfortable, travel-ready shoes.
  — Alexandra Domrongchai, Travel + Leisure, 14 Jan. 2024
• Another video on Twitter shows what appears to be a fan attempting to climb over a gate.
  — Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2022
• Both her on-court play and leadership elevated to new heights in 2022.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2023
• As a result, Trump has implored GOP lawmakers to fight back on his behalf.
  — Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
• The property in south Memphis was a place of sadness and somber memories on Sunday.
  — Time, 23 Jan. 2023
• Tickets will go on sale starting with a Citi presale on Tuesday that opens at noon local time through 10 p.m. local time on Thursday (March 28); information available here.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024