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For something completely hands-free, grab this Roomba robot vacuum that can map out a path for itself all on its own, avoiding obstacles like furniture and ledges in the process.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
26 Dec. 2024 -
Analyze Your Current Financial Situation Gaining a clear understanding of your financial standing is the first step toward avoiding new debt.—
True Tamplin,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2024
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Their family was on the run, escaping the mortar fire that drove them from their home in Hari Fara, one of the last refuges for Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority.—
Adam Ferguson,
New York Times,
28 Dec. 2024
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The 1922 version's climax is more focused on Knock escaping and being hunted by the townsfolk because he's scapegoated for the plague.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA TODAY,
25 Dec. 2024
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Symptoms like a fast heart rate, or shortness of breath, shaking and chills, confusion or lethargy.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
24 Dec. 2024
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In the video, a terrified Archie can be seen frozen, staring and shaking.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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Rich had fled to Switzerland in 1983 after he was indicted on more than 50 counts of fraud and evading more than $48 million in taxes.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
24 Dec. 2024
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Rosado was arrested and charged with engaging police in pursuit, evading responsibility, failure to obey stop sign, reckless driving, unreadable license plates, interfering with an officer, possession with intent to sell narcotics and operating a drug factory.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
17 Dec. 2024
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Mahoney was charged with assault with intent to murder and fourth-degree fleeing and eluding a police officer.—
Alexx Altman-Devilbiss,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Dec. 2024
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Prosecutors at one point also charged Diallo with eluding a police officer, recklessly endangering safety and bail jumping.—
Chris Ramirez,
Journal Sentinel,
17 Oct. 2024
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Image More broadly, water experts said that shunning tap water undermined trust in the public water system, which could have dangerous consequences.—
Jill Schweber,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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Is Remaking Hollywood's Money Model By Maggie McGrath The first Black woman to direct a $100 million-grossing film is shunning the studios and their rules—and turning to philanthropists like Melinda French Gates.—
Matt Craig,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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That part bothers me less than the idea than the apparent reality that values and interests have shifted; people seem to be eschewing the walkable neighborhood.—
Roger Valdez,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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These marketing efforts focus on community and co-creation, eschewing the time, money and lack of authenticity that have become synonymous with traditional content marketing.—
Drew Gerber,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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As a result, terrorists and rogue states now have a harder time circumventing conventional financial controls.—
Henry Farrell,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Dec. 2024
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On December 11, the European Union approved its 15th sanctions package against the Kremlin, targeting entities within Russia and third-party nations that facilitate upgraded military and technological capabilities by circumventing restrictions.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes,
13 Dec. 2024
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“End-running.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/end-running. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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