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Don't show up and ask someone there to educate you.—
Louryn Strampe,
Wired News,
9 Apr. 2025 -
The Charlotte Observer spoke to Chris Hayes, an extension associate of structural pest management at NC State University who specializes educating the pest management industry on critter habits, to find out.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2025
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The lawsuit, obtained by Fox News Digital, alleges a teacher and principal at Madison Middle School in Mansfield violated a student's First Amendment right to free speech and 14th Amendment right to due process when he was punished for wearing the shirt to school several times.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Canada is attempting to school Americans on economics and tariffs, via billboards in red states and political battlegrounds, including multiple locations in Florida.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2025
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So Yankees personnel were instructed not to pick them for the 2024 edition of this survey.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
15 Mar. 2025
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The agencies also instruct organizations to store copies of sensitive or crucial information on physically separate and secure locations, such as hard drives or other storage devices, should recovery become necessary in the wake of an attack.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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The traffic alert was reported Tuesday at 5:02 p.m., and the last update concerning this incident was provided on Tuesday at 5:08 p.m.—
Kansas City Star Bot,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2025
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Gas still provides a massive 43% of electricity across the country, and as a result, the US accounted for 57% of the global growth in gas generation worldwide last year.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Apr. 2025
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Green Berets are training alongside Mexico’s elite marine infantry units in conventional and nonconventional combat techniques.—
Risa Brooks,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Apr. 2025
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As the trailer moves across the tracks, a Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railroad train with two people onboard ploughs through its middle.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Heading out to the desert this weekend or gearing up for a festival soon?—
Sarah Boyd,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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Drew Barrymore is gearing up for her daughter's major milestone.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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In South Australia, solar, wind and batteries supply about 75% of the state’s electricity, and the goal is 100% by 2027.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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That’s not being supplied by anything other than my mind.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The bar is the perfect hangout space and is furnished with a small refrigerator-freezer, cabinetry, countertops, storage and a wet bar.—
Karen A. Avitabile,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2025
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Maximize Outdoor Space Because the front porch gets used as an outdoor living room when the weather cooperates, it should be furnished as comfortably as the indoor version.—
Amy Panos,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Boot (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boot%20%28up%29. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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