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Recent Examples of pole
Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
Moving the poles There are two types of poles on Earth: the geographic and magnetic poles.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 2 Dec. 2024
Jack Feerick, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2020
His plan is to be the first person to circumnavigate the globe from east to west and pole to pole without the help of motors, sails, or solar energy.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 17 Nov. 2014
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Sunrise Park Resort rentals Ski rental packages with skis, boots and poles are $45 and snowboard rental packages with a board and boots are $50, unchanged from the 2023-24 season.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
Moving the poles There are two types of poles on Earth: the geographic and magnetic poles.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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Columbia, then Rodinia and most recently Pangea, which formed about 335 million years ago, stretching from pole to pole along the longitudes of the mid-Atlantic.
—Jack Feerick, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2020
His plan is to be the first person to circumnavigate the globe from east to west and pole to pole without the help of motors, sails, or solar energy.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 17 Nov. 2014
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At the center of the story are Phil (Timothy Spall) and Penny (Lesley Manville), a weary, unmarried couple burdened by their lack of love for each other and their crumbling household.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
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The most conspicuous example is the open-air winter sculpture garden at the center of the residence, an intimate, confined courtyard that allows art and nature to coalesce.Troy J. McMullen, Architectural Digest, 9 Dec. 2024
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Older kids and teenagers often enjoy spear-throwing with a Maasai warrior, horseback riding, hot-air balloon rides, and canoeing in the Okavango Delta.Maija de Rijk-Uys, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024
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Well, British adventurer Ben Kilner recently canoed the trip in one direction then triked it in the other, using the same amphibious vehicle for both legs of the journey.Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2024
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And his visual solution to the end involved Lucius being pulled like a magnet towards his destiny as a Roman and his destiny with his family.Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Nov. 2024
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Kirkwood has always been a personal favorite of mine, a little more old school, rougher around the edges, and a magnet for excellent skiers, with some of the best expert and extreme terrain anywhere.Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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After a field goal made it 10-7 in favor of the Rams, the defense forced the Bills to punt, but that ball never made it in the air as it was blocked and Hunter Long recovered the ball for the scoop-and-score touchdown.Scott Thompson, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2024
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In one snap, the Browns went from four-down territory in a must-score situation to punting from Pittsburgh’s 39-yard line.Zac Jackson, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Durazzi had horses freely roaming the garden; inside the gallery, models were standing on a felt-padded plinth, while images of women who are the designer’s polestars—artists, scientists, and intellectuals from Phoebe Boswell to Carla Cerati to Ottessa Moshfegh—were projected on their faces.Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2023
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As Twitter appears to go down in flames, with nothing on the horizon to rise in its place as the polestar of the media firmament, there is some hope that people in the press or in Hollywood may have to update their priors once more about how young activists actually talk and behave.WIRED, WIRED, 16 Nov. 2022
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Gillis is one of roughly 4,000 child care workers in the nation's capital who have benefited from a fund established through a tax hike on city residents earning more than $250,000 a year.Andrea Hsu, NPR, 13 Dec. 2024
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Four of the six adult Mekong giant catfish were in the Mekong River and the other two were in the Tonle Sap River near Phnom Penh, the capital.Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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There, the creatures took up residence in zoos, circuses, Buck’s own attractions and sometimes even people’s homes.Greg Daugherty, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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The main attraction, an 80-foot-long petrified tree, lies in pieces across one end of the parking lot.Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
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Now in its 30th year (and celebrating the 25th anniversary of the ground-breaking companion cookbook), the Five-Star French Laundry still shines as a culinary mecca.Katie Sweeney, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Sundance is a mecca for film nerds—and experienced skiers.Scott Bay, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Pole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pole. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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