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Trend Watch is a data-driven report on words people are looking up at much higher search rates than normal. While most trends can be traced back to the news or popular culture, our focus is on the lookup data rather than the events themselves.

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Barr: Report Also Does Not 'Exonerate' Trump

Barr summarizes Mueller report

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Kenny Smith: What is a 'Catamount'?

Vermont enters the Round of 64

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Conway: Trump is 'Mendacious,' Exhibits 'Mendacity'

George Conway calls Trump a liar

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'Crawdad': A Novel's Title Sings

New novel makes waves

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ABJ: "No Collusion" a 'Non Sequitur'

Manafort judge addresses defense

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AOC: Wall Based on Racist 'Trope'

AOC tweets against border wall

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Forbes: Kylie Jenner a 'Self-Made' Billionaire

Kylie Jenner is a billionaire

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Cohen: This Behavior Is 'Churlish'

Cohen gives closing statement

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DeSaulnier: 'Perdition' Opposite of Redemption

Rep. DeSaulnier addresses Cohen

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Raskin: Most 'Trenchant' Observation of Testimony

Cohen appears before Congress

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Cohen: Trump Is a 'Con Man'

Cohen testifies against Trump

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Noah Trolls Oscars with 'Xhosa' Joke

Trevor Noah trolls Oscar audience

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Stone Uses 'Crosshairs' In Instagram Post

Roger Stone posts controversial photo

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Steele: Can't Even Do 'Feckless' Leadership Well

Former RNC chair derides Trump

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Trump to Declare 'Emergency'

Trump declares crisis over wall

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Bezos: Pecker 'Apoplectic'

Bezos writes post about Pecker

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House Democratic Women Wear 'Suffragette' White

House Democratic women wear white to SOTU

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Trump: Maduro Causes 'Abject' Poverty

Trump makes claims about Venezuela

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'Bipartisan' Spikes During State of the Union

Word spikes during SOTU

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Reports: 'Comity' Possible in SOTU

Reports stress harmony ahead of SOTU

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Neeson Carried a 'Cosh' in Incident

Liam Neeson recounts racist incident

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NWS: High Impact Snow 'Squalls'

Snow moves through Northeast

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Polar 'Vortex' Freezes Midwest

Polar vortex hits Midwest

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Brokaw Apologizes for 'Assimilation' Comment

Brokaw apologizes for comments

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Media: Trump 'Caved' on Shutdown

Trump agrees to end shutdown

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