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Gifts for family and friends are standard in many families, but your Christmas gift list might also include in-laws, coworkers, neighbors, children’s teachers, delivery people and more.
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Food Drink Life, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
His in-laws got it and stopped by often, spending Christmas dinners there and enjoying the nearby grandkids — the rewards of their ambitious plan.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 27 Nov. 2024
My own in-laws once made the pilgrimage from Sweden.
—Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 26 Nov. 2024
Also known as granny flats, backyard tiny homes or in-law suites, ADUs are a growing trend in home building and renovation.
—Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2024
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Food Drink Life, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
His in-laws got it and stopped by often, spending Christmas dinners there and enjoying the nearby grandkids — the rewards of their ambitious plan.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 27 Nov. 2024
My own in-laws once made the pilgrimage from Sweden.
—Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 26 Nov. 2024
Also known as granny flats, backyard tiny homes or in-law suites, ADUs are a growing trend in home building and renovation.
—Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2024
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Around six months ago, Mangione cut off contact with his friends and family, according to the Times.Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
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In this novel, Greg Heffley and his family decide to spend summer break with both Mom’s and Dad’s relatives.Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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And when Emem’s cousin tried to speak some truth into him?Jasmine Secrest, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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Luigi Nicholas Mangione, the 26-year-old arrested in connection to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, and Del. Nino Mangione are cousins.Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 10 Dec. 2024
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According to evidence introduced at trial, on May 29, 2023, the defendant provided alcohol to a minor female who was invited to spend the night at Hariprasad’s house by a minor female friend.Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 14 Dec. 2024
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This is evident in the house and, later, in the greater town of Macondo.Fernanda Pérez Sánchez, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2024
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The upcoming Season 5 finale of Yellowstone will not be the end of the Dutton clan’s story.Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
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Any recognition of Somaliland as an independent state will result in dangerous repercussions, including exacerbating internal divisions between the various clans of Somaliland that support independence and others that seek to remain within the Somali federal state.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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In a historic move to acknowledge and honor the resilience of Indigenous tribes, President Joe Biden on Monday announced the designation of a national monument at a former Native American boarding school in Pennsylvania.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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When the tribes look ahead to the next 20 years, what are the hopes there?Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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Previous reporting suggested most of the infections were in people over the age of 15.Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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Sheriff Robert Luna of Los Angeles County said that about 18,000 people were in the mandatory or voluntary evacuation zones.Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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More specifically, Flick will miss fixtures against Leganes on Sunday and an important showdown with a side fast emerging as a potential rival in the title race in Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid, which visits Montjuic like Leganes on December 21.Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Gray had finished just a few hundred votes behind his Republican rival in the midterms, one of the closest congressional races in the country that year.The Hill, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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Perpetual Calendar Chronograph | $190,000 Patek Philippe’s lineage of perpetual calendar references is legendary, beginning with the ref.Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2024
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Looking at the two other lineages of Cravalho’s mixed ancestry, less than 5% of Hawaiians identified as Irish in the most recent American Community Survey — just over 66,000.Arturo Conde, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
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