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According to research from Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that advocates for gun control, strong gun control laws are correlated with fewer gun deaths.—
Elliot Hughes,
Journal Sentinel,
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This results in a charge imbalance that builds up an electric field strong enough to trigger flashes of lightning.—
National Geographic,
National Geographic,
13 Jan. 2023
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Bridges finished with 10 points on 3-of-12 shooting from the field against his old team, and Anunoby scored 20 points on 8-of-18 shooting from the field to go with tough defense on Johnson, who shot an abysmal 6-of-20 from the field for 16 points.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Whether you’re drawn to stories of resilience, advocacy, or how laughter and love can help us through life’s toughest moments, this film will leave you inspired and hopeful.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2025
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Is this not a concern given your firm stance on corruption?—
Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
22 Jan. 2025
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Taylor Counseling Group addresses the importance of managing difficult family members through clear communication and firm expectations.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Such an approach would reinforce America's leadership in the Arctic and demonstrate its commitment to principled engagement in a rapidly changing world.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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The principled purist gallery calls them inconsistent.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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This creates a virtuous cycle where higher demand for bitcoin bonds drives greater bitcoin adoption, further bolstering its price and utility.—
Dave Birnbaum,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Breaking this virtuous cycle appears risky and counterproductive, but the trend lines are in this direction.—
Will Knight,
WIRED,
15 Jan. 2025
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Sandoval has received some pay bumps, including a temporary $10,000-a-year bonus for Hawaii special education teachers designed to alleviate shortages in that and other hard-to-staff areas.—
Alia Wong,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2023
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Whether those numbers are an overstatement, or possibly an understatement, is hard to say.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
13 Feb. 2023
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On its surface, this disquieting diptych about male anxiety has the feel of, say, an Asghar Farhadi movie, a moral dilemma urging forth a thriller plot.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 2025
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Its origins lie in one of the country’s most pivotal reckonings: The effort to redress the legal and moral horrors of chattel slavery.—
Paola Mendoza,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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Each upright blackberry stem produces fruit only one time.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Jan. 2025
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The 23-year-old is physically larger and stockier than his counterparts, with his dribbling style idiosyncratically upright.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Backboned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backboned. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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