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The primary bedroom was designed as a serene retreat, oriented to maximize ocean views while maintaining a sense of warmth.—
Kristen Flanagan,
Architectural Digest,
19 Mar. 2025 -
However, experts said, tariffs may threaten both parts of the Fed's mission: controlling inflation and maximizing employment.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2025
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The change was stark, as Paramount has been a leader in promoting diversity in Hollywood, championing initiatives to increase representation on-screen through programming as well as behind the scenes, through programs designed to diversify writers, directors and producers.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Sucralose increased brain activity in the hypothalamus and feelings of hunger compared to sugar, especially in participants with obesity.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Apart from having problems at right-back, with both Trent Alexander-Arnold and Conor Bradley expected to be missing through injury, Liverpool are pumped up and ready.—
Gregg Evans,
The Athletic,
16 Mar. 2025
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Street gangs were more organized and focused on drug trafficking, which led to many takedowns where dozens of defendants would be charged, pumping up the number of prosecutions.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2025
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So that was the first two full years, trying to build up the farm system and sort of get the organization back to health.—
Jon Greenberg,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Those opposed to international intervention have long argued that the money is better spent on the Haiti National Police while others point out that while the police needs to be built up, the current crisis demands foreign assistance.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2025
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This is the first of a new type of rideshare program flying to that orbit that augments SpaceX’s Transporter program that flies to SSO.—
Richard Tribou,
Orlando Sentinel,
15 Mar. 2025
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The key is using AI to augment decision-making, not replace it.—
Zehra Soysal,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Stories like this demonstrate how the right blend of philanthropic and investment capital can accelerate progress by making life-changing solutions available today while also laying a foundation for long-term growth.—
Matt Damon,
TIME,
22 Mar. 2025
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This flywheel is then accelerated even further since Austin is now home to some of the world’s leading investors, like Jim Breyer, the legendary VC who has been on the boards of Dell, Etsy, Facebook, Marvel, Spotify, Wal-Mart, and 21st Century Fox.—
Amir Husain,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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In blowing up the drone factories, ironically with drones, the Ukrainian intelligence agency hopes to throttle Russian production—and ensure that most of the tiny UAVs buzzing over the front line ... are Ukrainian. Follow me on Twitter.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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While this theory hasn’t been proven or debunked, the trend has blown up on social media, with the hashtag on TikTok resulting in 628,000 posts.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
14 Mar. 2025
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But having said that, having done it twice now, there is more of a sense of understanding procedurally what works and how to streamline it, so our goal is never to draw out people's pain for three years.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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The non-drying, see-through patches are packed with hydrocolloids to draw out gunk from your blemishes and keep you from picking, pinching, and making every aspect of your breakout 100 times worse.—
Annie Blackman,
Allure,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Bump (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bump%20%28up%29. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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