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Sock willed a weaker team to the playoffs last year, so probably so. - 2025 Prediction: 6th Post Draft Move: the team flipped Dizon to get Bouchard ….—
Todd Boss,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025 -
The record arrives alongside a lyric video that finds the singer lounging around the studio, willing herself to accept the warmth of a relationship without looking over her shoulder for whatever unfortunate truths might derail it.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
20 Feb. 2025
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This development comes after the White House handed down a one-month delay for tariffs on automakers whose vehicles comply with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.—
Spencer Kimball,Kevin Breuninger,Jesse Pound,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2025
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If that doesn’t sell you, Hendrix’s book is hands down, the spiciest.—
Taryn Finley,
Essence,
4 Mar. 2025
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Whereas having a protagonist instantly leads the audience to expect goals, conflict, and character arc, Lund wanted a film about the communal experience of leaving the day-to-day of work, family, and routine behind for a few hours.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
7 Mar. 2025
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Career ladders: Creating advancement opportunities within teaching, rather than forcing educators to leave the classroom for administrative roles to advance, addresses a key retention issue at a moderate cost.—
Scott White,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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In ever more apocalyptic language, Trump has sought to unify his MAGA movement with strongman pledges to defend Americans from millions of hostile foreigners seeking to storm the country and to root out enemy aliens within.—
Julia Preston,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Oct. 2024
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The film follows a ragtag group of actors (played by Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, among other stars) from an ‘80s sci-fi series who aliens unexpectedly abduct during a convention appearance.—
Matt Juul,
BostonGlobe.com,
7 July 2023
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When Walmart turned in its final 2024 numbers last week, investors zeroed on its outlook and traded away more than $50 billion of the company’s market value.—
Evan Clark,
WWD,
27 Feb. 2025
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Duncan's version of The Kingpin is doubtless the most chilling portrayal the late actor ever turned in.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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By acknowledging that leaders don’t have all the answers and are open to the ideas of others, an important message is conveyed that this is an organization that supports an inclusive culture built on new ideas and creativity.—
Michael Horowitz,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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While one side of the frame shows Pia racing to meet her mother at the bank, conveying her struggle as a hapless klutz, the other half displays a henna ceremony interstitial, elegantly establishing the beauty of tradition and community.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2025
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The new law would then allow education officials to check whether the family notified its district about its decision to homeschool and compel parents to turn over homeschool materials for review.—
Molly Parker,
ProPublica,
3 Mar. 2025
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Last June, Barlow filed a declaration in support of a defense motion asking the prosecution to turn over IGG evidence.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN,
1 Mar. 2025
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However, $150,000 doesn’t seem that expensive — if the state is willing to deed the lake, dam and easement around the lake to whoever pays for the repairs.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Aug. 2024
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This means that if the owner passes away or even deeds the house to someone else, the heirs or new owner would still be bound by the contract.—
Gary Singer,
Sun Sentinel,
11 July 2024
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“Pass (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pass%20%28down%29. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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