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Recent Examples of daisesAt the Olympic media summit in October, a collection of athletes from across the sports spectrum took turns sitting at small daises to field questions from reporters on hand.—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026
After two podiums in the first two 2026 rounds, Ferrari has a strong foundation from which to build on in this new era, one that’s allowed its drivers to be competitive even when facing a performance deficit to Mercedes, primarily in straight-line speed.
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Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
Aicher has gathered nine podiums this season across slalom, super-G and downhill, with three wins from the speed events.
You may be enticed by a new set of stairs on the northeast side, next to the Bleymaier Football Center, but those are for people sitting in the eastside stands.
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Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Mar. 2026
Reds players were already bursting out of the dugout to celebrate a walk-off home run when the ball Spencer Steer hit landed in Roman Anthony’s glove instead of the left-field stands.
The bill only applies to social media platforms with $1 billion or more in annual advertising revenue, a pool that includes other social media giants such as YouTube and TikTok but may not capture other popular platforms like Discord, which is widely used by gamers.
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Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
2 Apr. 2026
These platforms must forge collaborative networks that mutually reinforce one another and establish a rigorous framework that makes the cultural values of the biennial format legible, tangible, and palpable to various segments of society in the immediate locale and across the continent.
The number of women in Christian pulpits stands in jarring juxtaposition with the Easter narratives in the New Testament.
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Mary Foskett,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2026
From church pulpits to community gatherings, the policy U-turn was widely viewed as a betrayal of Black Americans who had propped up the retail giant's fortunes.
Ultra Music Festival returned to Bayfront Park in downtown Miami for its second day Saturday, with music running from noon to midnight across seven stages.
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Miami Herald newsroom,
Miami Herald,
29 Mar. 2026
Borrowers will be contacted by their loan servicers in stages, with a new group receiving word every two weeks.