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from the summit, he was able to derive his location from the position of several prominent landmarks
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Many modern-day Christmas rituals, like decorating trees and burning yule logs, are derived from Winter Solstice traditions.
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Margaux Laskey, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Publisher and developer Nagai Industries also speaks of how player choice will drive the unfolding narrative, and much of the focus will be on meaning, assumingly derived from ongoing conversations with patrons and the meditation of routine.
—Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
The reprogrammed cells were injected into a mouse embryo, resulting in a chimeric mouse with physical traits derived from both the donor embryo and the reprogrammed stem cells.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Other names for December's full moon are derived from Native American, European and colonial sources, which include the Drift Clearing Moon, and the Little Spirit Moon.
—John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 10 Dec. 2024
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Margaux Laskey, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2024
Publisher and developer Nagai Industries also speaks of how player choice will drive the unfolding narrative, and much of the focus will be on meaning, assumingly derived from ongoing conversations with patrons and the meditation of routine.
—Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
The reprogrammed cells were injected into a mouse embryo, resulting in a chimeric mouse with physical traits derived from both the donor embryo and the reprogrammed stem cells.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Other names for December's full moon are derived from Native American, European and colonial sources, which include the Drift Clearing Moon, and the Little Spirit Moon.
—John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 10 Dec. 2024
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The Search For Clean, Delicious, And Nutritious Coffee As a connoisseur of brews, James understood that all across the globe, people were consistently sipping commercial grade coffees laced with harmful chemicals, pesticides and toxins.Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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More Stores But it is understood that the disposal of De Beers, one way or another, will proceed, as will a plan to grow the retail arm of the business through the opening of more stores with the aim being to grow from 40 De Beers outlets today to 100 around the world.Tim Treadgold, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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The starters essentially got a half-day, with the game all but decided midway through the second quarter.Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 24 Dec. 2024
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The show was an immediate hit and still was when Newhart decided to end its run in 1978.Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
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The researchers also inferred that these ancient American variants of the bacteria shared a common ancestor that dates to 9,000 years ago at most—when some early humans had already migrated from Siberia to the Americas.Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
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The beams then interfere at each end of the experiment, creating patterns from which the distance can be inferred.The Physics arXiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
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The mold company's report also concluded that the Wright's apartment was uninhabitable and that the Wright's belongings needed to be replaced due to extremely high levels of mold, the lawsuit said.Claire Osborn, Austin American-Statesman, 27 Dec. 2024
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In previous conflicts with Hamas, many Israeli strikes were approved only after officers concluded that no civilians would be hurt.Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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