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I have set by the earnings from my weekend job to use as vacation money.
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The Catalans are on the verge of finally completing the capture of Espanyol goalkeeper Joan Garcia, who has been bought by activating a $28.8 million (€25 million) release clause set by their crosstown rivals.
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Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
As impressive as Hipparcos was, Gaia shattered the records set by its precursor—although not without challenges, such as precision-threatening sprays of stray light that leaked around the edges of the spacecraft’s sun shield and through a hole punched by an errant micrometeoroid.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 18 June 2025
Barring a dramatic change, Colorado economists still expect the state to hit the spending cap set by the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR, but just barely.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 18 June 2025
More than 70 games into the season, Colorado is on pace to underperform that 55-win projection by 23 and to smash the record for losses set by the White Sox just last year by nine.
—Levi Weaver, New York Times, 17 June 2025
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Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
As impressive as Hipparcos was, Gaia shattered the records set by its precursor—although not without challenges, such as precision-threatening sprays of stray light that leaked around the edges of the spacecraft’s sun shield and through a hole punched by an errant micrometeoroid.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 18 June 2025
Barring a dramatic change, Colorado economists still expect the state to hit the spending cap set by the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR, but just barely.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 18 June 2025
More than 70 games into the season, Colorado is on pace to underperform that 55-win projection by 23 and to smash the record for losses set by the White Sox just last year by nine.
—Levi Weaver, New York Times, 17 June 2025
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“Set by.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/set%20by. Accessed 25 Jun. 2025.
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