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The Lakers, Clippers and Golden State have joined the Heat in intentionally carving out enough cap space to sign a max free agent in 2027.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026 -
Casemiro improves the players around him while still carving out time to throw opponents off-balance.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Catch grooving house sets on Fridays nights with Mirari Presents, or back-to-back electronic rhythms most Saturdays with Off The Record.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
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The machine performed a routine of dance moves along with human dancers, grooving to the tune of popular Imagine Dragons soundtrack Believer.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Mar. 2026
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Monroe County High School students are chiseling a marble sculpture for America's 250th birthday, guided by an internationally renowned artist and supported by their community.—
Ray Padilla,
Louisville Courier Journal,
11 Feb. 2026
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Then the hard work began, like a sculptor chiseling a block of marble into a work of art.—
Andrew Carter,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Jan. 2026
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Bain excels in a few other areas that happen to be vital for those chasing QBs for a living.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Producer Lindsay Doran has pretty much been chasing it ever since and finally got the film version made.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
27 Apr. 2026
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The exhibition spans more than 2,000 years of boxing imagery, tracing a thread of human struggle that Louis Marchesano, the museum's deputy director of curatorial affairs and conservation, said helps explain Rocky's enduring pull.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
25 Apr. 2026
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The show’s scope is epic, beginning with Adams’ legal career in prerevolutionary Boston and tracing his life and American history until his retirement and death in 1826.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Using sculpting gel, nail artists are creating 3D blooms—go-to shades include baby pink, plum, and vermillion—that rise off the nail, with petals so defined they almost look freshly plucked.—
Annie Blay-Tettey,
Allure,
27 Apr. 2026
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Really, the entrance to that hell is a shot of a vending machine full of only red Gatorade, and the sculpting work that the sound team did to blend the grating atmospheric noise of the ER, Finneas’s tense score, and the key sound effects that connect us to Ashley’s fear and pain.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
24 Apr. 2026
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Wagner led the team at the halfway mark with 17 points, scoring 10 points in the paint before the break.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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Where the Stars are scoring more than efficiently is on the power play.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Notching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/notching. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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