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Many popular landscape shrubs grow a foot or two a year, quickly overtaking everything around them.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
25 Apr. 2026 -
And besides, Apple still has the largest share of the smartphone market worldwide, with only Samsung realistically capable of overtaking it any time soon.—
Dominic Preston,
The Verge,
25 Apr. 2026
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Moffa says the first step in navigating grief is to stop outrunning it.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
26 Feb. 2026
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George gathers a defensive rebound, and Sarr, who starts this sequence underneath his defensive backboard, sprints upcourt, outrunning his Knicks counterpart, Karl-Anthony Towns.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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The growing fleet is accelerating development by generating large-scale data for Helix, the company’s humanoid AI model, while enabling real-world deployment across research, commercial, and domestic use cases, according to a blog by Figure.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Apr. 2026
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Polls show Americans are angry — and rightly so — at accelerating medical bills.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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Stunning sunset views, wild horses galloping through the salty spray, and majestic sand dunes rising into the clear blue sky—every scene is more spectacular than the last.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2026
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Those designs were originally religious images, family crests and galloping horses, but later became floral patterns, snowflakes and abstract geometric patterns, too.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
13 Apr. 2026
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As of December 2025, streaming accounted for nearly half of all TV viewing, outstripping broadcast and cable combined, according to a Nielsen survey.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
14 Apr. 2026
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In February, Nvidia's finance chief Colette Kress predicted that the shortage of gaming chips would last until the end of 2026 in an interview with Reuters, amid demand from the AI industry outstripping demand from console sales.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
8 Mar. 2026
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There’s a moment early in Beast — a raw, pulse-quickening opening sequence when the film lights up the screen and tips its hat to what’s to come.—
Sean Sennett,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Apr. 2026
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From corrective eye surgery to confining plasma for nuclear fusion research and from entertainment to quickening checkout at supermarkets, lasers are now part of our everyday lives.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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In 2024, the brand sold some 90 million rooms and accounted for nearly $12 billion in revenue for Hilton, according to Bloomberg, significantly outpacing competitors’ receipts.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Since then, the population on the Broadneck peninsula has grown significantly, outpacing the capacity of the existing building.—
Caroline Foreback,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2026
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From corners, Bromley pack the six-yard box, with multiple players darting towards its centre.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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The hungry sharks surrounded Barley in the clips, leaping out of the water and quickly darting around his Sea-Doo.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Arrowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrowing. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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