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as in to best
to achieve a victory over
how humiliating for a tennis champ to be worsted by a player no one had ever heard of
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H.w. Brands, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
No wonder: the holidays are perhaps the worst time of the year to strand customers.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 1 Feb. 2023
Balloons are a key business driver for Party City, and this cut into sales at the worst time.
—Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
Notably, that came at perhaps the worst possible time — the two years leading up to the coronavirus pandemic.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2023
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And every generation thinks of itself in the superlative: the best, the worst, the most stressed, the most burdened, the most liberated, the most enlightened.
—H.w. Brands, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
No wonder: the holidays are perhaps the worst time of the year to strand customers.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 1 Feb. 2023
Balloons are a key business driver for Party City, and this cut into sales at the worst time.
—Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
Notably, that came at perhaps the worst possible time — the two years leading up to the coronavirus pandemic.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2023
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In the meantime, practicing some good nail care habits recommended by the National Psoriasis Foundation can help keep nail psoriasis from getting worse.Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 13 Feb. 2023
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Donovan looked to the four-point deficit with a sense of relief — things could be much, much worse.Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2023
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Tatum's Celtics won it all, besting the Dallas Mavericks in a five-game Finals series.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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In the majority of meetings between the two squads in 2024, Minnesota bested the Liberty by out-executing New York on both ends of the floor, generating better shots on offense and setting the tone with its defense.Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2024
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Toronto’s Fred VanVleet appears to be the top target, but Miami’s Kyle Lowry, Utah’s Mike Conley and, perhaps to a lesser extent, Charlotte’s Terry Rozier have been linked to the team at various points.Staff Writer Follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2023
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The story of 2022 (and 2021 to a lesser extent) was energy.Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 31 Jan. 2023
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Another incumbent Democrat and career cop, Sheriff Raphael Washington, is almost sure to defeat his challenger, a Republican named T.P. Nykoriak.Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2024
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Since then, Trump's odds of defeating Harris jumped to their widest margin on Wednesday since July 21, the day President Joe Biden dropped out of the race.Jim Sergent, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
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Erratic food intake and shifts in preferences are completely normal.Alex Vance, Parents, 31 Oct. 2024
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That’s at least partly why many rich people don’t seem to be sweating economists’ warnings that Donald Trump’s policies would cause inflation — which has finally come down to a normal level — to spike again.Allison Morrow, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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What was once a network constrained by legacy institutions—including card companies—can now overcome its last-mile problem, delivering significantly more value to merchants and consumers.Christian Catalini, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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Yet Harris is overcoming the lagging numbers with Black voters by doing better than Biden performed with white voters.Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Artists who master diverse crafts, hobbies or endeavors are not only surviving the rapidly changing tides of this age but thriving within the entertainment industry.Anto Dotcom, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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Since animation requires multiple drastically different departments, the skills and techniques each team possesses are difficult to master alone.Emiliana Betancourt, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
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Democrats beat Republicans History shows that the market tends to rise no matter which party is in power.Matt Egan, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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September retail sales, released on Tuesday, increased by 3.2% versus August's 2.1% increase, which beat economist expectations of 2.5%.Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Worst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worst. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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