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The international organization disbanded its KU chapter in 2018 after a scandal where pledges were urinated on, spat on and hit repeatedly for coming forward with hazing reports, according to a story in The Kansan, the university newspaper.—
Matthew Kelly
April 23,
Kansas City Star,
23 Apr. 2026 -
The Georgia Forestry Commission reports that the continuing drought and high winds have kept the fires spitting out smoke as crews attempt to get them under control.—
Daniel Wilkerson,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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Eventually, the British expelled Argentina from the islands in 1833 and established the Falklands as an official colony.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
25 Apr. 2026
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The government later broke ties with France, the former colonial power, and expelled the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA), which completed its withdrawal in 2023, ending a decade-long presence in the country.—
Jewel Bright,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2026
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Keep hydrangeas watered well to withstand spider mite damage.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
22 Apr. 2026
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Younger trees — a year old or younger — should be watered near their trunk, as their roots have not yet grown out as far.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
21 Apr. 2026
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The engineers probably exhaled.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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From his home in California wine country, Policy raised a glass to how the 1920 meetings in Canton must have looked as the founders lit cigars and exhaled ideas around Ralph Hay’s Hupmobiles.—
Steve Doerschuk,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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This comes as one-time pandemic relief aid has expired.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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The union’s three-year contract expired last August.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Expectorated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expectorated. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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