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as in so
in like manner
we stayed at a historic London hotel, the same establishment that had also welcomed our grandparents many years ago
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as in then
in addition to what has been said
I'd like a motorcycle for my birthday; also, I'd like a new CD player
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While the latter two peaked atop the Billboard 200, 2019’s comeback album Happiness Begins also achieved the same impressive feat.
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Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 17 Dec. 2024
Aronowitz, who can briefly be spotted in the current Beatles ’64 doc, was also the first manager of the Velvet Underground and introduced Dylan to Allen Ginsberg, and Jimi Hendrix to Miles Davis.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2024
She was assisted by stylist Kate Young, who also counts Dakota Johnson, Nina Dobrev and Michelle Williams as clients.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 17 Dec. 2024
His willingness to play short also might reflect the ability of Buster Posey, the team’s new president of baseball operations, to connect with players.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 6 Dec. 2024
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Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 17 Dec. 2024
Aronowitz, who can briefly be spotted in the current Beatles ’64 doc, was also the first manager of the Velvet Underground and introduced Dylan to Allen Ginsberg, and Jimi Hendrix to Miles Davis.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2024
She was assisted by stylist Kate Young, who also counts Dakota Johnson, Nina Dobrev and Michelle Williams as clients.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 17 Dec. 2024
His willingness to play short also might reflect the ability of Buster Posey, the team’s new president of baseball operations, to connect with players.
—Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 6 Dec. 2024
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Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper did so in 2008 when opposition parties sought to form a coalition government.Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Dec. 2024
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This thought experiment can't be replicated in the real world, since plastic pollution is so ubiquitous.Will Stone, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
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The team then starts another long, delicate task: preparing the pig kidneys for implantation.Rob Stein, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
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The hospitals were once part of Presence Health, and then, in 2018, became part of Amita Health.Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 17 Dec. 2024
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The elderly, likewise, are a target audience for risotto, as their powers of mastication decline.Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
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Rax, who works a communications job in California, has already had surgery to treat spondylolisthesis and likewise reports difficulty in securing such necessary care.Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2024
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The play call likely should not have been so do or die, either.Tim Graham, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
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The impact doesn’t have to be limited to Q4, either.John Hall, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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The Russians are juggling the materiel and manpower demands of the long-running war, punitive Western sanctions, low oil prices, high interest rates, inflation, a labor shortage, endemic corruption, and much more besides.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
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Murderbot wouldn’t care, and besides, there are more books to write.Meghan Herbst, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
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Research conducted by the Urban Institute found that medical debt is more common in the South and among people in low-income ZIP codes.Gretchen Morgenson, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Blanket preemptive pardons remain on table A far more delicate political calculation for Biden will be whether to offer blanket pardons to shield individuals who Trump has threatened.Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Also.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/also. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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