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TikTok’s unprecedented ban in the U.S. remains in the balance, with politics and judicial indecision keeping 170 million users in a social media limbo land ahead of Sunday’s deadline.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025 -
To be sure, British primary and secondary education has seen some improvements, and after early indecision, the government’s COVID-19 vaccine policy was reasonably effective.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
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In the face of the delay of bringing the mission to its full operational strength of 2,500, the security situation continues to deteriorate.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
25 Jan. 2025
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After a dramatic delay, when his first breadfruit voyage was ended by the famous mutiny in 1789 on his ship HMS Bounty, Captain William Bligh (1754–1817) successfully transported viable saplings to their botanical gardens in St. Vincent and other Caribbean locations in the early 1790s.—
Elaine Savory,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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After a whirlwind romance and much theatrical vacillation, Lowell abandoned Hardwick to join Blackwood in London in 1970, a move that would forever mark her as the other woman to Hardwick’s many passionate partisans.—
Negar Azimi,
The New Yorker,
12 Dec. 2024
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The exhibition continually plays upon vacillations between intimacy and exposure, with one of the Torso prints of black and white buttocks enlarged and sprawling down the length of one gallery.—
Ara H. Merjian,
ARTnews.com,
4 Oct. 2024
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Chandler had been waiting to fight McGregor for two years and decided to go elsewhere for UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden in New York.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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Some chatted among themselves, waiting to understand the meaning behind the invitation Saffold passed out to a select few students only weeks before.—
La Risa R. Lynch,
Journal Sentinel,
24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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This hesitation is likely due to concerns over potential legal liability if Trump reverses course and enforces the ban afterall.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Other high-profile candidates, it was noted, would have significant hesitation signing up to work with Poles as GM at all given his spotty track record in that role over three seasons.—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2025
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Final Thoughts The chaos of the weekend's social media events left creators grappling with uncertainty.—
Katie Salcius,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Critics of the bill say that provision will open the door for Republican state attorneys general to wage a legal battle against federal immigration decisions, injecting even more uncertainty and partisanship into immigration policy.—
Stephen Groves,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Hawing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawing. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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