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Noun
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Still, their philosophies and tendencies remain to be learned.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026 -
The coaches — Teisher for Mission Hills and Aaron Hooford for Escondido — had different philosophies coming into the game.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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From Nasser to Khomeini, the region’s revolutionary ideologies have delivered only ruin.—
Danielle Pletka,
Washington Post,
1 May 2026
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Read More Three different albums, three different ideologies.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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But theologies aside, Patmos is also downright breathtaking.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
23 Mar. 2026
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If there’s a genuine, committed, energetic movement to evolve these theologies, there are huge opportunities.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2026
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Abe told a judge at an April 27 proceeding that Allen has no prior arrests or convictions and is presumed innocent under the law.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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But while the number of charges has increased, the number of convictions has remained the same — in 2025, 46 of the 47 charges for use of a machine gun for aggressive purposes were dropped.—
Sasha Allen,
Hartford Courant,
29 Apr. 2026
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Early cultures, including Native American tribes, looked to the heavens for time keeping, spiritual beliefs and navigation.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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That’s one of the running themes of the show, which is the anatomy of bias, which was what are all the false beliefs that each of us had?—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
26 Apr. 2026
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Even after Charles delivered an address to Congress that implicitly refuted some core tenets of Trumpism—there was an ode to limits on executive power, a defense of NATO and Ukraine, a rousing call to protect the natural world—Trump raved about it ahead of the state dinner that night.—
Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
30 Apr. 2026
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What all of those have in common—and one of Southern hospitality’s main tenets—is charity.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
30 Apr. 2026
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