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Bore emphasizes how play is exploratory and simulated.—
Abigail Dubiniecki,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025 -
The indigenous technology, crucial for satellite servicing, space station operations, and interplanetary missions, positions India to play a significant role in the commercial and exploratory frontiers of space.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
16 Jan. 2025
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The show’s origins lie in its creator Greg Kotis’s rage at having to pay for public toilets in Europe after performing at a festival in Romania with his experimental troupe, the Neo-Futurists.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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Ratledge flexed his fingers in other ways, too, building his own recording studio and working on film soundtracks alongside Mike Oldfield, composer David Bedford, and Jenkins, like 1977’s experimental Riddle of the Sphinx.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
6 Feb. 2025
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Common fears at different developmental stages Children may develop phobias or anxiety disorders for a variety of reasons, including genetics, direct negative experiences with an event or object, observation of others or overhearing frightening information, Silverman said.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
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Tips for Successfully Trying Edutainment at Home Choose Purposefully: Look for tools that align with your child’s developmental stage and current school curriculum.—
Fiona Tapp,
Parents,
3 Feb. 2025
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Perhaps there is no more probative example of this when the current president would not rule out using American military force to take Greenland and/or the Panama Canal.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
29 Jan. 2025
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Fulbright shepherded the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution through the Senate in 1964, but two years later, his probative hearings helped shift public opinion against the war.—
James Goldgeier,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Aug. 2018
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Investigators hope to release a preliminary report on what caused the collision within 30 days, but a final report, with a probable-cause determination, could take up to a year or more.—
Johnny Dodd,
People.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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Full investigations typically take a year or more, but investigators hope to have a preliminary report within 30 days.—
Serkan Gurbuz,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Investigative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/investigative. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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