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During what must have been a slow news day Monday, the sports writers at USA Today quizzed Microsoft’s Copilot on the day’s World Cup matches.—Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 18 June 2026 The second piece, an opinion column by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Nicholas Kristof, was harder to dismiss as a slow news day.—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026 But camp is long, and managers usually hem and haw until the big reveal, which tends to happen on a slow news day.—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025 Kendra Randle responds Kendra Randle responded to the story on social media, calling it a slow news day.—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 14 May 2023