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The victory, which secured the Padres’ sixth consecutive series win, was their second time coming back from multiple runs down in the ninth inning.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Apr. 2026 -
Spicy mayo, the color of Russian dressing, runs down the sides.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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But Open, Heaven also courses with youth’s great agony, the cruelty that learning to love should be inexorably followed by learning to grieve its undoing.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
27 Feb. 2026
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Such is the power of cachaça, the essential and irresistible Brazilian sugar cane spirit that courses through each round of tropical cocktails passed across the bar.—
Elazar Sontag,
Washington Post,
26 Feb. 2026
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Samorajczyk said that high temperatures are what kills weeds with Foamstream or AquaPro and also noted that the DOT is speaking with vendors and scientists who are developing this technology to have a wand on the front bumper to kill weeds on guiderails.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
29 Apr. 2026
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His film Ring, directed by Hideo Nakata, centered on a cursed videotape that kills viewers seven days after watching it.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
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Despite a measurable step up from its predecessor, DeepSeek’s V4 Pro still trails the front-runners in the latest benchmarks.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Apr. 2026
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Tampa Bay has third-best odds (per DraftKings) but trails Montreal 2-1 entering today’s game up north.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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Every Friday morning, the weekly Fortune 500 Power Moves column tracks Fortune 500 company C-suite shifts—see the most recent edition.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Consider the kitchen, where the sun tracks across the island throughout the day thanks to the skylights above.—
Nick Mafi,
Architectural Digest,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Guns (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guns%20%28for%29. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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