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Edward Burke — then seized control of City Council and approved a new lineup of committee chairs and leaders.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026 -
The California Coastal Commission this month approved the land use amendment that would allow housing to be built on the southern parcel of the property — along with other areas within the city —to help add nearly 4,845 units to Newport Beach’s housing inventory.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
1 May 2026
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Oviedo went 15-8 in 2008 and reached the state semifinal round in the first year that lacrosse was sanctioned as a state championship sport by the FHSAA.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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Ukraine, which also returns to the Venice Biennale this year, has sanctioned five individuals associated with the Russian pavilion and has lobbied to have the participants’ visas revoked.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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No telling yet how the WGA’s deal, which leaders arrived to earlier this month quite swiftly and the membership ratified on Friday, will affect the actors’ talks.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
26 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles Unified School District administrators overwhelmingly ratified a new labor contract with the district, their union announced on Friday.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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The results were validated with field measurements from excavations and drilling, along with simulations confirming the radar signals originated beneath the debris.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
1 May 2026
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Emery will argue his fine-margins approach, however blunt Villa presently appear in attack, could have been validated if Ollie Watkins’ close-range shot was not straight at Stefan Ortega or if Lucas Digne had not flapped his arms inside the box to give away a penalty.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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That bull and another issued three years later, Romanus Pontifex, formed the basis of the Doctrine of Discovery, the theory that legitimized the colonial-era seizure of land in Africa and the Americas.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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Trump signed the Genius Act in July, legislation that legitimized the technology.—
Carlos Garcia,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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These mattresses are also GREENGUARD Gold certified, indicating compliance with strict indoor air‑quality standards.—
Alora Bopray,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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This retro-appeal smart thermostat is Matter certified for smart home integration and is compatible with Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple HomeKit.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
24 Apr. 2026
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Double points are warranted for her almost campy, hyper-literal approach two years in a row.—
Alexandra Hildreth,
Vogue,
28 Apr. 2026
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The government could start over, in that case, and still find that TPS is no longer warranted — if the process bears that out.—
Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Reapproved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reapproved. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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