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The multiplayer hero shooter will add a lot of new content for free in the three-month-long season, including new characters, maps, and game modes.
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Here’s how the blue-collar hero joined the 10-figure club.
—Matt Craig, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
In 2024, farmers became the heroes of sustainability as regenerative agriculture transitioned from a buzzword to a proven reality.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 31 Dec. 2024
Woman of Tomorrow arrives in theaters June 26, 2026 and stars Milly Alcock as the hero.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Dec. 2024
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
Here’s how the blue-collar hero joined the 10-figure club.
—Matt Craig, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
In 2024, farmers became the heroes of sustainability as regenerative agriculture transitioned from a buzzword to a proven reality.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 31 Dec. 2024
Woman of Tomorrow arrives in theaters June 26, 2026 and stars Milly Alcock as the hero.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Dec. 2024
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So, this was my only exposure to my newfound, idol!Liza Lentini, SPIN, 10 Jan. 2025
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The Chilean-American actor starred as a Roman warrior Marcus Acacius opposite Paul Mescal — who portrayed Lucius Verus, the son of the original Gladiator's Lucilla (Connie Nielsen) and nephew of villain Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), who grows to view Maximus (Crowe) as an idol.Angel Saunders, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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At the same time, the Energy Department is working with the Defense Department to update U.S. nuclear weapons and strategic nuclear forces – bombers, ballistic missiles and submarines – to deter threats from other nations.Margaret E. Kosal, The Conversation, 12 Jan. 2025
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In May alone, the Nazi submarine fleet sank 115 ships in the western Atlantic.David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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What to Read 10 Best Books of 2024 100 Notable Books of 2024 Find Your Next Book 21st Century’s Best Books January Releases In a new collection about New York City, the writer turns his gimlet eye on its icons, its architecture, its hot spots — and its suits.Sadie Stein, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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After leaving the group in 1995, right when its success was cresting, Williams transformed himself from potential pop-culture footnote into icon.David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
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The family film, co-starring Olivia Colman, Keegan-Michael Key and Hugh Grant as an Oompa-Loompa, centers on the early days of Willy Wonka and takes place long before a poor boy named Charlie Bucket wins a golden ticket to tour the world-famous and heavily guarded chocolate factory.Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 18 Feb. 2024
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Sports is play Growing up as a poor boy in the Italian neighborhood of The Hill in St. Louis, Yogi played street hockey with newspapers taped to his shins and hit bottle caps with a broomstick.Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2023
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The awards gods continue to giveth, then taketh away for Wicked today.Pete Hammond, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
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Syria’s interim government has moved quickly to change school textbooks, removing references to the Assad regime and images of pre-Islamic gods.New York Times, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Hero.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hero. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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