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By the time the project was ready to be taken out in 2021, Port and Wiseman were working on Ghosts, which had been picked up to series in March of that year.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
1 May 2026 -
The letter also called for FEMA to be taken out from under DHS and restored to a Cabinet-level agency.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Frey unleashed his five-pitch arsenal, thwarting the Spartans most of the way.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
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But the War on Terror persisted and mutated into nightmares in Iraq and Afghanistan, and then Syria, which unleashed that darkness in the form of terrorist states and a refugee crisis that spread anti-Muslim and anti-migrant hatred to Europe, the United States, and beyond.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Given way (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/given%20way%20%28to%29. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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