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Ex-head coach Julen Lopetegui was sacked and had been replaced by Graham Potter.—
Roshane Thomas,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025 -
He was sacked three times and threw two interceptions, finishing with a QB rating of 42.2. NFL pundits began to question Mahomes’ legacy in the immediate aftermath of the game.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
12 Feb. 2025
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In addition to its legal threats, the CSN has asked consumers, companies and Canadian government agencies to boycott Amazon, whether by not buying products from the platform, canceling Amazon Prime subscriptions, axing contracts with Amazon and its subsidiaries like AWS or otherwise.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Feb. 2025
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That caused some users on social media to incorrectly report that the program itself had been axed.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
4 Feb. 2025
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Ross must set a baseline for what McDaniel must do to return. Sirianni, who was making his second Super Bowl appearance, removed all doubt about his return.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Feb. 2025
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Yesterday, the National Park Service removed references to transgender individuals from the official website of the Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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How to Watch Ohio State at USC: Date: Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025 Time: 9:00 PM EST Channel: FOX Stream: Fubo (Try for free) USC suffered its first conference loss last weekend, falling 76-69 to Iowa in the game where the Hawkeyes retired Caitlin Clark's jersey.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
9 Feb. 2025
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The Hubble Space Telescope has been aloft for 35 years and is still at work—thanks in part to the five servicing missions astronauts made to the telescope before the space shuttles were retired in 2011.—
Jeffrey Kluger/Greenbelt,
TIME,
8 Feb. 2025
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Those who've served in uniform would be shocked more than others: A general officer--any officer--denying responsibility this way would be ostracized by all around him.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
12 Feb. 2025
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West should be ostracized for his rabid antisemitism.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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Unlike workers at many other federal agencies this week, probationary employees at NASA were not terminated on Tuesday.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
19 Feb. 2025
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All have now been terminated and are left wondering what impact their firing will have on their life ahead.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
The Mercury News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Officials were given hours to fire hundreds of employees, and workers were shut out of email as termination notices arrived.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
14 Feb. 2025
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The Sacramento Kings may not have any players representing the franchise at the NBA’s annual All-Star festivities this coming weekend in San Francisco, effectively shut out of the midseason showcase for the first time in more than a decade.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacramento Bee,
12 Feb. 2025
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South Africa’s colonial regimes were particularly brutal in dispossessing Black people of their land and forcefully removing them.—
Michael D. Shear,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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Arsenal, looking to keep the pressure on Liverpool at the top of the Premier League table, got off to a fast start when Manuel Akanji was dispossessed close to the Manchester City goal, allowing Kai Havertz to tee up Martin Ødegaard for the game’s first goal inside two minutes.—
George Ramsay,
CNN,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Defenestrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defenestrate. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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