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Trump could attempt to cut down the sometimes interminable permitting process for the transmission lines that carry that electricity to data centers.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2025 -
Reducing these avoidable medical crises would dramatically cut down on the need for costly treatments, emergency room visits and hospital admissions.—
Robert Pearl,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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When Jake Chung comes in from the Harvard-Westlake bullpen ready to unleash his 80 mph, scouts put away their radar guns.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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This assistance might involve running errands, putting away groceries or dishes, making meals or reminding seniors to take their medications.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
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Their roster is decimated by injuries.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
The Athletic,
4 Jan. 2025
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There were too many drops and pre-snap penalties against a defense decimated by injuries.—
Zac Jackson,
The Athletic,
4 Jan. 2025
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After 1099, when Christian armies conquered Jerusalem in the First Crusade and massacred the city’s Muslim and Jewish inhabitants, some 50,000 Jews reportedly fled to Damascus, making up nearly a third of residents.—
Bassem Mroue,
The Christian Science Monitor,
29 Dec. 2024
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Listen to this article Loading your audio article A former prison guard trainee who massacred five women at a Florida bank in 2019 was sentenced to death on Monday.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
17 Dec. 2024
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Last year, the county saw 98 people murdered.—
Mimi Montgomery,
Axios,
23 Dec. 2024
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Melissa DeRosa, who served as secretary under former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, called out the sitting governor's post and mentioned that another person had been murdered.—
Andrea Margolis,
Fox News,
23 Dec. 2024
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After the 1996 Rose Bowl march, Arizona State finished 9-3 the next season but then went four years without posting a winning record.—
Doug Haller,
The Athletic,
6 Jan. 2025
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Under Johnson’s leadership, Detroit also finished first in the league in scoring after ranking fifth in 2023.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Killed off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/killed%20off. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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