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as in with
using the means or agency of contacted her via telephone

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Recent Examples of via Villanueva-Morales, however, fled the country via Texas and remained at large for several weeks after the shooting, police said. Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025 Out June 20 via Thrill Jockey, the album precedes a tour, including a show at New York’s Knockdown Center. Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2025 Rest and relaxation are otherwise encouraged via the design itself, from the warm woods that wrap around the place to the open design that prioritizes open spaces for roaming, lots of windows for peering outside, and a bathroom with a massive tub for taking a good long soak. Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 17 Apr. 2025 Coachella announced the times via social media posts; see the full lineups for both weekends on the festival’s Instagram post, below. Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for via
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  • Stockton recalled a 2023 event put on by the Young Americans for Freedom, a conservative campus group.
    Emma Green, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
  • About 12 percent of women have their sleep regularly interrupted by their young children, compared with less than 3 percent of men.
    Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2025
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  • Latest news: King Charles III makes first statement since recent hospitalization In 2024, the Easter service was Charles' first appearance at a public event following the announcement that he had been diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer the previous month.
    Paul Sandle, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Cleveland led by as many as 16 points in the first half before entering halftime with a 62-54 advantage.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2025
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  • The team used surrogate dogs -- since adopted through the humane society -- to help give birth to the dire wolves, which are white.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Mahdi's earliest memory was his father slamming his mother through a glass table and later lying to his son and saying his mother was dead.
    CBS News, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2025
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  • Several teenagers who are students in another school district came to Chisholm Trail High School to watch one of their friends play in a softball game, said Megan Overman, the district’s executive director of communications, in an email to the Star-Telegram.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The club has scored four runs or fewer in 18 of their 20 games played.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025

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