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Nobody back home discovers what happened, but that summer brands her with shame and alters her course for years.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026 -
What’s harder to quantify is the number of shots Wembanyama alters and prevents given his size, length and ability to close out on perimeter shooters.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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By way of example, Morris points to a scene in Wiseman's 1993 documentary Zoo, in which an all-women surgical team at Miami zoo castrates a wolf.—
Chloe Veltman,
NPR,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Sterilizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sterilizes. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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