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as in to live
to have life
stories that begin with the familiar line "once upon a time there was a beautiful maiden"
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as in to happen
to take place
the party is next Saturday
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Recent Examples of be
With fentanyl, there is only a short window of time to intervene and save a person’s life during an overdose.
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Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
There is a broken down vehicle on I-40/US-71 from 85th Street to 75th Street.
—Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2025
The average team is now worth $72 million, up 6% from 2024, but there is a growing divide between MLS’ top franchises and the rest of the pack.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 4 Feb. 2025
There is a banner hanging in that stadium that only one team gets a year.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
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Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
There is a broken down vehicle on I-40/US-71 from 85th Street to 75th Street.
—Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2025
The average team is now worth $72 million, up 6% from 2024, but there is a growing divide between MLS’ top franchises and the rest of the pack.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 4 Feb. 2025
There is a banner hanging in that stadium that only one team gets a year.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
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What a shame the company putting it out could not, in the end, bring itself to live up to its own worthy message.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Feb. 2025
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Willingham, then 23 years old, lived there with his wife, Stacy, and their three daughters: two-year-old Amber Kuykendall and one-year-old twins Karmon and Kameron Willingham.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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In an Instagram post Friday, Crow is shown standing on the street while her car is towed.—
Jay Stahl,
USA TODAY,
16 Feb. 2025
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The markers stand testament to a history that is fast being overtaken by gentrification, Taylor indicated in an interview to the Daily News.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2025
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Those returns would rank as the best post-pandemic stretch (2024 wound up at $8.7 billion, while 2023 reached $9.04 billion) though still down from before times, when North American ticket sales regularly climbed to $10.5 billion to $11 billion.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
19 Feb. 2025
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Factoring in players who have taken at least 100 midrange shots this season, Bridges ranks fifth at 48.4 percent.—
James L. Edwards III,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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For the celebrity hairstylist, styling is where the magic happens.—
Larry Stansbury,
Essence,
10 Feb. 2025
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Every few minutes, in pretty much every scene, something weird happens that’s unrelated to the central plot.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2025
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Is the Severance procedure meant to enhance a practice that already exists?—
Josh Wigler,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Feb. 2025
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Being an athlete in a team sport is now a lucrative career for women, and finally, that career option exists in Colorado.—
Megan Schrader,
The Denver Post,
9 Feb. 2025
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The Survivor alum lied about his grandmother dying in a notorious, pivotal moment on the Pearl Islands season of the show in 2003, attempting to drum up sympathy from his fellow players.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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Strauss tells Rolling Stone she was inspired to create the series after reading The Woman Who Fooled the World, the book written by Beau Donnelly and Nick Toscano, the two journalists who first found out Gibson was lying.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
8 Feb. 2025
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Quarles was initially announced for release to the Campo home, but sheriff’s officials announced this week that Wakefield will be placed there instead.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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What To Know Ali placed a temporary injunction on Secretary of State Marco Rubio and others in the Trump administration, at the request of two aid agencies that receive funding from USAID, AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition and Global Health Council.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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His two sisters are professional golfers, with Nelly Korda, 26, winning 15 LPGA titles including two majors and currently sitting at No. 1 in the women’s world rankings.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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Relli had spent several days testifying at the trial, including sitting for a contentious cross-examination by Tacopina.—
Jonathan Abrams,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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