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Bathrooms are expansive and clad in white marble, foreshadowing the scale of the sublime spa across the street.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026 -
Or maybe, as some eyebrow-raising posts on social media jokingly teased, foreshadowing a possible papal presidential run?—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
12 Apr. 2026
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For West, who is a storm chaser, snow in the South would be a rare and sacred gift, one that the weekend storm was portending to produce throughout the region.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2026
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Rams general manager Les Snead sent two first-round picks, two second-round picks and two third-round picks to the Tennessee Titans, portending a swing-for-the-fences mentality in trades that would lead to the Rams going seven years without making another first-round pick.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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All of it is encrypted, and some of it could be stored by actors anticipating that current encryption methods may become less effective over time.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Several billionaires have already moved out of the state, anticipating this tax.—
Steve Large,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Contracts are priced between 1 cent (indicating a low probability) and 99 cents (indicating a high probability), and settle at $1 if the outcome is correct.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
24 Apr. 2026
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Lain was part of a group of concerned residents who went to Godley Superintendent Rich Dear with information about Ketcherside’s prior convictions and evidence indicating Ketcherside was still involved in prostitution.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Apr. 2026
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The survey is an indicator of companies foreseeing good conditions minus those feeling pessimistic.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Still, many business heads are upbeat, foreseeing a sense of continuity and a measure of economic reassurance and certainty ahead.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
11 Feb. 2026
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Don’t assume all assets are equal When divorcing spouses are deciding how to divvy up assets, a financial adviser can play a crucial role in divining what different assets are actually worth.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
30 Dec. 2025
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In 1962, Watson, Crick and Wilkins shared the Nobel Prize for divining the structure of DNA — key to understanding how genetic material works.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
8 Nov. 2025
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His aggressive redistricting proposal faces pushback from Republican lawmakers and legal challenges, with critics warning the gerrymandered map could backfire and boost Democrats instead.—
Bill Barrow,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Tech stocks slid Tuesday after The Wall Street Journal published a report warning that ChatGPT-maker OpenAI was falling short of revenue and user targets, fueling concerns about whether the tech industry’s multitrillion-dollar investment in AI will eventually pay off.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Presignifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presignifying. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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