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The icy wanderer has now entered the field of view of the sun-facing Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) instrument mounted on the joint ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft (SOHO), offering us a unique way to follow the comet's journey.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2026 -
But home builders, supply advocates and some lawmakers have mounted strong opposition to the section.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
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Four others indicted in the case were given sentences of as much as six years in prison, with one woman getting a 10-month sentence, suspended for three years.—
Debby Wu,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
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Although the Houthis suspended their attacks on Red Sea shipping in the wake of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire to end their two-year war last fall, most ocean carriers have largely avoided the waterway due to safety risks.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
27 Apr. 2026
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One young man, his shirt off and loosely draped around his neck along with a Santa Muerte necklace, sports tattoos of a Kalashnikov rifle and a flaming skull, regarding the camera with bedroom eyes.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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The finished crochet blankets are on display draped over the rungs of a wooden, antique ladder and are a popular item with customers.—
Sarah Kyrcz,
Hartford Courant,
27 Apr. 2026
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Sweeney slung panties from her new lingerie line, SYRN, which launched earlier this year in January, into a sea of wide-eyed festival goers who swarmed Diplo's desert stage as the electric beats by the chart-topping DJ bumped in the background.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026
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Together the strangers slung Haridasse's arms over their shoulders and staggered to the finish line as a trio.—
Scott Simon,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2026
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So, the distraction and cloud that hung over her was impeding her ability to effectively represent her constituents.—
Jim DeFede,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
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In his first May as coach, with limited time to build his roster, Musselman and his staff hung their hopes on Massachusetts center Josh Cohen, who proved to be a liability on both ends.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Not a lot is explained, just dangled, which might be annoying to some.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Apr. 2026
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The passengers, who were seen in distress while strapped in their seats as the capsule dangled in the air, were later seen lying on the ground before paramedics arrived at the scene.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
25 Apr. 2026
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In the field behind the station, the Threatts set up tables with benches under a canopy of lights strung between trees.—
Jonathan Bullington,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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At dusk, the area is lit by colorful fairy lights strung between massive mangroves.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Apr. 2026
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OpenAI is locked in a heated battle with Anthropic and Google for leadership in the AI market, trying to get both consumers and business customers hooked on chatbots and other AI tools, while public anger over AI continues to simmer as evidenced by a recent attack on Altman’s home.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
26 Apr. 2026
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Ever since, fans have been hooked to see how the friend group navigate fights big and small.—
Colleen Kratofil,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Pinned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinned. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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