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The family documents describe comfortable lives and prosperous businesses blown apart by the war and the mounting Nazi menace.—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026 -
Residents launched a fierce opposition campaign, packing city council meetings and mounting petitions.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
28 Apr. 2026
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Purchasing a new hanging plant shelf is a great way to combat this.—
Tessa Cooper,
The Spruce,
25 Apr. 2026
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The Iran war has left uncertainty hanging over global markets for the past two months, but many market participants remain optimistic about where equities are headed, even in spite of record valuations.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
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Hadwick listed her priorities as suspending the state’s gas tax and increasing state spending on wildfire mitigation and fire education prevention programs.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Mills cited financial resources as a reason for suspending her campaign.—
Jared Kofsky,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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Fragrant blue-green foliage is accented by unique flowers reminiscent of hops, with papery, rose-pink bracts draping the plant all summer.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2026
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The star's honey blonde hair was swept up into a twist at the top of her head with a long ponytail draping down and a few tendrils framing her face.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
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By hooking a solo shot around the Pesky Pole, the lefty swinger finally hit his first dinger of the year off Boston southpaw Payton Tolle.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Already, there’s been an uptick in shark sightings and encounters, with the beach closed recently in Newport Beach and a fisherman hooking and releasing a great white off Manhattan Beach Pier.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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Mother Nature must have designed fuchsias to flow from hanging baskets, with pendulous bicolor blooms dangling their ruffled skirts for hummingbirds to find.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2026
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Makar put Colorado ahead in the second, dangling just inside the blue line and firing a brilliant wrist shot through traffic.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
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In recent years, Ed Sheeran slipped behind the counter, gamely slinging dogs and taking his fair share of abuse from the staff.—
Jimmy Jellinek,
SPIN,
27 Apr. 2026
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Makar took a pass from partner Devon Toews at the left point, then danced across the top of the zone before slinging a shot through traffic for his first goal of the postseason.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
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The Dream are projecting revenue to double this year, with six games scheduled for State Farm Arena and a new big name, Angel Reese, now on the roster.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
1 May 2026
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In addition, $300 million will be set aside for a child day care endowment fund — a sharp change from recent weeks when lawmakers had feared that the number could be close to zero because the state had been recently projecting an operating deficit.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Pinning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinning. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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