as in man
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The officer repeatedly instructed the elderly man to drop the gun, and when backup officers arrived and issued the same command, the man continued to aim the weapon at them.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025 -
The original Captain American, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), was defined as an relentlessly motivated and deeply moral man whose slender physique stopped him from fighting for justice.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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Though not the first animal sent to space, Ham was the first hominid – any species including humans in the great ape category – to make it there.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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Food preparation tools recovered from an Israel archeological excavation that started in 1989 have pushed back evidence of ancient hominid plant processing by about 400,000 years — all because they weren’t cleaned.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
8 Jan. 2025
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The chances of a human being bitten by a shark are incredibly low, according to the International Shark Attack File.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
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If a human felt threatened by one, the creature would be easily scared away if the person made a loud noise or threw a stick or rock at it, the agency added.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Measles virus spreads when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks and another person inhales droplets, Mayo Clinic said.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
16 Feb. 2025
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Alec Baldwin With 17 hosting gigs under his belt and one Emmy win, Alec Baldwin holds the honor of being the person who’s hosted the most times in SNL history.—
Shannon Carlin,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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After enduring his mother’s lies, Kanan assumed control of his life and took matters into his own hands by orchestrating the plan that ended in the deaths of Ronnie and Detective Howard.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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Watts stars as Iris, a woman who finds her comfortable New York life upended when her friend and mentor Walter (Murray) bequeaths her his Great Dane, Apollo.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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Sure, there was an artificial fish powered by human heart cells and a robot that used a locust's ear to hear, but in terms of the practical use of the technology, the field has remained somewhat empty.—
Michael Franco,
New Atlas,
14 Feb. 2025
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The restaurant’s Oyster Mushroom Ceviche was a yummy vegan dish with hearty mushrooms instead of fish.—
Eve Chen,
USA TODAY,
12 Feb. 2025
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With that, the two guys spontaneously started dancing — punching the air, while spinning on their feet, ecstatic.—
Wash Westmoreland,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
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Finer gives me glance, as in: Why rattle on dash of guy with no baby?—
George Saunders,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2025
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The latter might seem like the obvious choice, but of course, the thing that separates reality-television demigods and mere mortals is knowing when to cut the rope and claim the prize for yourself.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2025
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While tranexamic acid is a skincare ingredient that is well-known to dermatologists, many of us mere mortals have never heard of it.—
Ana Morales,
Vogue,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Homo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homo. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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