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the babysitter had to listen to a whole raft of rules before she was allowed to even pick up the baby
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Maria Fantappie, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2024
My boys quickly took to scuba diving with me in the morning (my oldest passed his certification within a few days) but spent equal amounts of time having non-scuba diving fun with their Bula Buddy, activities like fishing, tubing, hiking, and building and piloting their own rafts.
—Judy Koutsky, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2024
Graham Averill, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2024
The best time for friends and family to raft this zone is July through August, unless rafters prefer the higher spring runoff (and rowdier rapids) of May and June.
—Morgan Tilton, The Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2024
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Indeed, over the past months, Saudi Arabia has established a raft of new multilateral coalitions and alliances with other countries pushing for the establishment of a Palestinian state.
—Maria Fantappie, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2024
My boys quickly took to scuba diving with me in the morning (my oldest passed his certification within a few days) but spent equal amounts of time having non-scuba diving fun with their Bula Buddy, activities like fishing, tubing, hiking, and building and piloting their own rafts.
—Judy Koutsky, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2024
Verb
Cutler eventually denied the claim, and it was later rumored that the pioneering river runner Georgie Clark, the first woman to own a commercial rafting business in the Grand Canyon, was actually Bessie Hyde.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2024
The best time for friends and family to raft this zone is July through August, unless rafters prefer the higher spring runoff (and rowdier rapids) of May and June.
—Morgan Tilton, The Denver Post, 15 Aug. 2024
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As Light was buoyed this week by two Golden Globe nominations for both Best Non-English Language Motion Picture and Best Director as well as Film Comment Critics’ Poll naming it the number one film of the year.Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 15 Dec. 2024
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Expectations for this revival are buoyed by nostalgia.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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During his tenure, the agency passed a slew of new consumer protections and generally took a more active posture in regulating and penalizing the industries under its umbrella.Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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The actress also had a slew of roles on film, appearing in the 2005 flick The Legend of Zorro alongside Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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What began as a series of hopeful pro-democracy protests in Syria in 2011 ballooned into a devastating and intractable conflict that contributed to one of the most severe refugee crises since World War II.Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
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Already the world’s richest person, Musk’s net worth has ballooned $91 billion in that same timeframe, bringing his total wealth to $353 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index.Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 3 Dec. 2024
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At two dozen players, that’s between $120,000 and $252,000 in annual revenue.Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Plus, with a dozen children on his nice list, shopping for holiday gifts is probably a part-time job for the always-hustling radio/TV star.Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Dec. 2024
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For their part, Trump campaign officials have floated cuts in federal spending as a way to eliminate the nation's growing deficit.Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Western allies have floated the possibility of peace talks, but fighting has intensified as Ukraine seeks to solidify gains and Russia deploys increasingly aggressive measures.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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The area typically receives a ton of snow in the winter and also has a nearby ski resort, Sunrise Park Resort. Pinetop, similar to Flagstaff, has plenty of good hotel and restaurant options, but that's not the best part of the snowy paradise.Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2024
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The Astros lost a ton of games on purpose, and cashed in the resulting high draft picks into a powerful nucleus that drove their run of success.Tony Blengino, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Some individuals of the species might have been swimming there since colonial times — and researchers are just beginning to unravel how.Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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Fish swimming in a melting river of agar and red bean jellies.Caroline Newton, Bon Appétit, 12 Dec. 2024
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If Yoon is impeached, his powers would be suspended until the Constitutional Court decides whether to remove him from office.Kim Tong-Hyung and Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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Ten percent of doctorate recipients said funding for their doctoral studies had been reduced or suspended, a slight decrease from 2022, when 12% reported a reduction or delay.Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Raft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raft. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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