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That turned out to be the ball game.—
Michael Salfino,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025 -
The post featured a photo of his older child wearing a Seattle Mariners baseball jersey at a ball game.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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Tanzania’s Alphonce Felilx Simbu won the world marathon championship via an incredible photo finish.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Sometimes, awards voting can be a photo finish.—
Daniel R. Epstein,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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This time This series looks like a toss-up.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Sep. 2025
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Barrett's is one of 18 seats viewed as a toss-up by nonpartisan election handicapper The Cook Political Report, .—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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Call it a conversation, not a confrontation.—
Dianna Russini,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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The uptick in confrontations comes as the administration increases its efforts to deport millions of undocumented migrants, an approach critics say has led to aggressive enforcement tactics, due process violations and the mistreatment of migrants.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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From migrants and colonizers to gossip and war, Emily Wilson examines The Aeneid and its relevance to the modern world.—
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11 Oct. 2025
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But our flights had been canceled amid rocket fire and regional escalation, fallout from Israel’s latest offensive in Gaza and its war with Iran.—
Reem Kassis,
The Atlantic,
11 Oct. 2025
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Game 4 was high-intensity from the jump with Cristopher Sanchez and Tyler Glasnow going head-to-head in a pitchers' duel.—
Valentina Martinez,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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The hope is more of a fiery attitude could lead to more duels won.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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How a concert led to the documentary The impetus for the documentary came from an October 2021 concert at the Indiana History Center that raised money for an Indianapolis Jewish Community Relations Council initiative to educate people about the Holocaust and combat hatred, bigotry and antisemitism.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
9 Oct. 2025
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The laureates’ research has a vast array of real-world uses, and could provide a way to combat climate change by capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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There is still a lot of football left to be played, but the idea of Cleveland pulling off a shocking comeback to get back into playoff contention should be put to rest.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Some of Penn State’s coaching targets could be in CFP contention.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Horse race.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horse%20race. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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