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Desert sunsets are spectacularly colorful affairs and are best viewed from Tanque Verde Ridge Trail and Javelina Rocks.—
Catherine Garcia,
TheWeek,
27 Apr. 2026 -
The stage, which was covered in saguaro cacti statues, featured a fitting Western theme, with video graphics displaying everything from desert sunsets to Wilson herself with a vast desert behind her.—
Brian Blueskye,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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This is the Land of Waterfalls, home to more than 250 falls, including the majestic Triple Falls, which played a starring role in The Hunger Games.—
Belinda Luksic,
Southern Living,
1 May 2026
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Preventing head injury − including wearing a helmet for biking and sports, wearing a seatbelt and preventing falls − can keep your brain healthier in the long-run, the organization notes.—
Sara Moniuszko,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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Sometimes, the urgency of providing healthy food eclipses the equally important need to build new infrastructures such that one day, food inequalities will no longer exist.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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But the violence that came unbidden eclipses our differences.—
Stephen Trimble,
Denver Post,
8 Apr. 2026
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Similar deteriorations took place in Tuscany and in Naples.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
12 Mar. 2026
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The answer is not much—Fennell makes explicit, via sadomasochism, the power differentials and emotional degradations that are so often ambiguous in the original.—
Rhian Sasseen,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2026
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If Wyatt and Surrey could pen brilliant sonnets under Tudor tyranny, then certainly great art can be produced under capitalism despite its particular degradations.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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Of the many nadirs this season — from letting a two-goal lead slip against Bournemouth to their existing run of five defeats in six league games from December 14 — the chastening 3-0 loss against Wolves on January 3 ranks high.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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Becoming secure Having a secure attachment style looks like being comfortable with closeness and the ebbs and flows of relationships without feeling threatened or deeply wounded.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2026
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This group of players had not played in a cup final together, but have now experienced the ebbs of flows of one.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2026
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The declinations came as the DOJ reassigned and cut prosecutors working on environmental cases.—
Ken B. Morales,
ProPublica,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Dark ages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dark%20ages. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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