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Taylor, along with Eaddy Kiernan Bunzel and the rest of the events team, spends practically all of April in a conference room at the Vogue office, going over the seating chart, which lives on a large poster board that is kept top secret.—
Madeleine Luckel,
Vogue,
2 May 2026 -
Kuchler said the group’s initial meetings would be educational and involve reviewing plans, going over the village’s Comprehensive Plan, and looking at results from communities with similar plans.—
Hank Beckman,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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Initially working out of a facility in the industrial section of Seattle, Stephenson gathered a group of like minds to brainstorm new methods for reaching space, reasoning that chemical rockets had not much improved in the decades since their debut.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 May 2026
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Things are working out just fine for the Yankees without Soto, Brian Cashman found other ways to spend Hal’s money.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2026
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Meanwhile, Paolo Banchero, who was coming off a 45-point night in Game 5, shot just 4-for-20 from the field.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
2 May 2026
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In an ideal world — one where Miami hits on every draft pick during the past three years — Chop Robinson, Trey Moore and Max Llewellyn are coming off the edge of Jeff Hafley’s defense, applying pressure to quarterbacks.—
Omar Kelly
May 1,
Miami Herald,
1 May 2026
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Venable bounced from the Guardians to the Phillies to the Dodgers after Preller — fresh off the Matt Kemp/Justin Upton/Wil Myers infusion not panning out — traded him to the Rangers.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2026
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No one has any idea how these guys will end up panning out, which is exactly what happened when the Birds selected quarterback Donovan McNabb with the second overall pick in the 1999 NFL Draft.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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