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Additional storm development is also possible across the Appalachians into the Mid-Atlantic as an upper-level system approaches from the west.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026 -
As a courtroom showdown between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively approaches next month, lawyers for the former co-stars continued to hash out key pretrial issues Tuesday before a federal judge.—
Rebecca Keegan,
NBC news,
28 Apr. 2026
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The campaign focuses on supporting NICU infants with products designed alongside nurses and doctors to meet their specific needs.—
Jackson Thompson OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Instead of delivering isolated creative assets, the company focuses on aligning strategy and execution so that each initiative contributes to a broader business goal.—
Ethan Stone,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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The paper’s starkest finding is that labor’s share of GDP converges to zero.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Others were looking ahead to Geneva next month, when the industry converges for Watches and Wonders and the constellation of satellite events that now orbit it.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
30 Mar. 2026
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As the execution nears, USA TODAY is looking back at the crime, who Cindy was and how Hitchcock has been able to avoid his death sentence for so long.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Local residents and columnists have called for improvements, and the issue has drawn attention as the World Cup nears.—
Taylor Haught,
Kansas City Star,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Closes in (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closes%20in%20%28on%29. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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