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The situation left hundreds of thousands of anxious and confused federal employees, already buffeted by a fusillade of orders over the past few days, with serious decisions to make and sparse information.—
Campbell Robertson,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2025 -
Once a symbol of America’s industrial might, this majority-Black city – famously known as the home of the Jackson Five – has been buffeted by economic disinvestment, poverty, and crime.—
Patricia Leigh Brown,
The Christian Science Monitor,
28 Jan. 2025
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Instantly, Heffernan said, trolls descended, barraging her with anti-Semitic and misogynistic messages.—
Sarah Blaskey,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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Since the Club’s December Monthly Meeting, Wall Street has been barraged by headlines that sent equities seesawing down and then up.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
23 Jan. 2025
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Wanted posters requesting information about Giles’ whereabouts were plastered all over the building’s lobby.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2025
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Her step cut featured a micro-fringe, framing pieces cut to the earlobe (and plastered to the face), and long, inky layers reaching towards her navel.—
Morgan Fargo,
Vogue,
3 Feb. 2025
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When Eberechi Eze’s free kick was whipped into the penalty area, Lacroix was stronger in the air than Leny Yoro, before his header cannoned off Onana’s crossbar.—
Carl Anka,
The Athletic,
3 Feb. 2025
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The last of them came on Saturday, a storybook goal that involved slaloming between three defenders and then cannoning a fierce, rising shot past three more, as well as the goalkeeper.—
Rory Smith,
New York Times,
14 Mar. 2023
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Israel has eliminated much of Hezbollah’s senior leadership and has otherwise battered the group beyond recognition.—
Andrew Exum,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2025
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Coastal Florida, for example, battered again and again by hurricanes, can’t wait to rebuild each time, just as close to the water as before.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Critics argue United would have had more budgetary flexibility had the multi-million-pound cost of sacking Erik ten Hag, hiring Amorim, and dismissing Dan Ashworth not gone on this season’s accounts.—
James McNicholas,
The Athletic,
4 Feb. 2025
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And what exactly did Penelope, Odysseus’ wife, do over the 20-year span when her husband was off sacking Troy and taking on those monsters?—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
3 Feb. 2025
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Such a move would be akin to nuking the legislative filibuster, the new Republican leader said.—
Ross O'Keefe,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
6 Jan. 2025
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The Anyone but You star portrays quarterback Russ Holliday, who disguises himself as a fictional person and walks onto a struggling football team in the South after bad behavior nukes his college career.—
Christy Piña,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Dec. 2024
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Napolitano said Wednesday that medical stocks had been looted and a bullet had pierced the roof of the operating theatre at the Kyeshero hospital as an operation was underway.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN,
29 Jan. 2025
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Protesters also looted and set fire to the Ugandan Embassy and the mission of Belgium, while the office of the U.N. humanitarian agency in Congo was also attacked.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Bang away (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bang%20away%20%28at%29. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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