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Hanks and Wilson, both 63, are the first major entertainment figures who appear to have caught the illness, and who’ve gone public with the news.—Dan Singer, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2020 During the final season of Friends, Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow) chose pianist Mike (Paul Rudd) over scientist David (Hank Azaria)
The romantic conclusion for Phoebe Buffay in Friends‘ final season could’ve gone much differently.—Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, 10 Dec. 2019
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This will focus on the season just gone; the next will focus more on 2025.—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024 Still others have gone belly up and find themselves in receivership with more coming.—Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for gone
Colossal said its woolly mouse would enable its scientists to test hypotheses about the link between specific DNA sequences and physical traits that enabled the mammoth, which went extinct around 4,000 years ago, to adapt to life in cold climates.
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Katie Hunt,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
At some point, dinosaur diversity peaked, but began to decline for at least two million years before the creatures went extinct.
The story follows a pastor and a detective who team up for a missing persons case.
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Sara Merican,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
The Fort Worth Police Department is asking for the public’s help to find a missing 76-year-old man, according to a post on the department’s Facebook page.
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Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Mar. 2025
Another passenger warns her, conveniently, that pregnant women are returned to their countries of origin and so Alex sobs through each doctor’s inspection, worried that all this pain — this loss of dignity — is for nothing.
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Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
9 Mar. 2025
In his lap is Benjamin, the young son of his brother Tommy (Gabriel Luna), whose wife Maria (Rutina Wesley) was pregnant in Season 1.
Alabama got 24 points from Mark Sears and had excellent defensive stretches but couldn’t finish.
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Joe Rexrode,
The Athletic,
2 Mar. 2025
More Deebo Samuel news: 49ers Send Star WR Deebo Samuel to Commanders in Blockbuster Trade
Samuel will take his talents to the nation's capital and look to take the Commanders to the next level after an excellent year for the young Washington team.
At one point, Brooklyn’s residential footprint extended west of Illinois Route 3 to the river.
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Jonathan Bullington,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Jan. 2025
Auburn extended the lead to 26 halfway through the second half, but that was when Gates made a change in his lineup, subbing in an entire five of nonstarters that included Marques Warrick.
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