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The saga was supposed to get its most prominent airing yet on Wednesday at Mountain View Cemetery, where two of Owen’s siblings are buried and where a plaque is inscribed with his name and image.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2025 -
In one of her most famous scenes as Moira Rose, a former soap star, the actress once had to film an ad for Herb Ertlinger's vineyard while getting progressively more drunk.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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Under normal storm conditions, the risk to trees is extremely low.—
The Sacramento Bee,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Jan. 2025
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The police chief also told the outlets that the house was extremely dirty, telling WTAE that dog and rodent feces were building up on the floor and that the family members might be suffering from a hoarding disorder.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
26 Jan. 2025
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Although norovirus symptoms are exceedingly unpleasant, the virus rarely causes life-threatening symptoms or death.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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The objects were removed from the site before the start of construction during two years of careful digging and include prehistoric tools and other artifacts made by human hands, as well as exceedingly rare and well-preserved animal and plant remnants.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
16 Jan. 2025
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These irresponsible journalists should try such worthwhile exercises rather than squander their talents on Trump hatred and national division.—
Deroy Murdock,
National Review,
20 Mar. 2020
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To support such resource-intensive work, in 2003 Banerjee, Duflo, and a colleague founded the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), a network of nearly 200 researchers performing such randomized controlled experiments in economics.—
Adrian Cho,
Science | AAAS,
14 Oct. 2019
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In January 2024, the couple sought private health care, and their concerns were taken seriously from the start.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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Thomas is the classic late bloomer who did not really take the sport seriously until the start of his freshman year.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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Cardinal Lawrence — Conclave When this selection process kicked off, Cardinal Thomas Lawrence was well-liked and respected but not making waves or campaigning terribly hard to assume the top brass.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
23 Jan. 2025
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No doubt Long and her fellow editorialists might respond that owing to the desperate poverty that was the norm in China not terribly long ago, the Chinese tend to save the fruits of their exports.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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These words are all associated with a very large vehicle.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
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But the whole thing is oppressive and, in an odd way, not very interesting.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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Long halftime: Both teams had to wait far longer than the usual 15-minute halftime to get back on the court on Saturday night.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Jan. 2025
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So far, the overall box office is improving on 2024 with ticket sales up 10.9% from the same point a year ago, according to Comscore.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
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