as in gravy train
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This just-okay kids’ film — the sort trying to capitalize on the Harry Potter gravy train way after the fact — is set in the 1950s as a boy, Lewis (Owen Vaccaro), is sent to live with his eccentric uncle Jonathan (Jack Black) after his parents’ tragic death.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
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The city of Miami is one of the worst examples of how the gravy train works.—
Linda Robertson,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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At the same time, the networks forgo a bonanza in advertising revenue, limiting commercial breaks to just four minutes per hour—or roughly a quarter of the standard broadcast load.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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The real bonanza period only lasted from 1878 to 1882.—
Richard Grant,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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At one point, at a therapist's urging, Hale's parents took a stash of guns.—
Adam Tamburin,
Axios,
2 Apr. 2025
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The men transported migrants by sharing routes, guides, stash houses, trucks and trailers to consolidate costs and minimize risks, according to court records.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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The classic Super Shotgun feels incredible to use in tandem with the shield, blasting your way through droves of lesser demons before lobbing the shield to make the hoards explode in bursts of blood.—
Kazuma Hashimoto,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2025
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The hoard includes Iron Age metalwork that was made up of a variety of unique objects, including components of wagons or chariots, including 28 iron tires.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN,
25 Mar. 2025
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But for years, being a wrestler in Richmond meant going out of town to do small shows held in high school gyms or an armory.—
Karri Peifer,
Axios,
2 Apr. 2025
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The tour included two crowded cell blocks, the armory and an isolation unit.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Bordered by a wide greenway, the low-lying assemblage of former mills and storehouses was dappled with old-world-style bakeries and innovative kitchens.—
Hanna Raskin,
Southern Living,
20 Mar. 2025
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Housed in a former storehouse of a once-thriving sake brewery, the hotel’s restaurant, Kura, offers nightly eight-course meals where the honest, simple flavors of the local ingredients are highlighted through minimally invasive recipes.—
Brandon Presser,
Vogue,
6 Mar. 2025
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In 1924, workers digging on another property near Boca Raton that was owned by a different developer reportedly unearthed a cache of 17th- and 18th-century Spanish and English coins.—
Greg Daugherty,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
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Families of victims of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel sued a Palestinian American businessman, accusing him of developing properties to conceal Hamas tunnels and weapon caches.—
Natasha Frost,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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The Common Vulnerability and Exposures, or CVE, repository holds the answers to some of information security's most vital questions.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
16 Apr. 2025
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As interest in both the modern graffiti movement and its diasporic reverberations has grown, Wong’s conviction has proved consequential, his collection functioning as a repository.—
Max Lakin,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Golconda.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Golconda. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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