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Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
In politics alone, the charge has been leveled at Melania Trump, former Harvard President Claudine Gay, President Joe Biden (long ago), and Vice President Kamala Harris (just this week).
—Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Evidence of one ancient example still exists around the edges of the Himalayas, where long-ago river capture eroded deep gorges.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
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Cappelletti Considered one of the most famous recipes in Italian cuisine, this pasta's hat-like shape resembles a winged headdress worn by country people long ago.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
In politics alone, the charge has been leveled at Melania Trump, former Harvard President Claudine Gay, President Joe Biden (long ago), and Vice President Kamala Harris (just this week).
—Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
Adjective
Big Jim uses a framing device of Jim and Huck, now in their 90s, sitting together on the front porch at a family reunion in the 1920s, regaling a gaggle of grandchildren with their long-ago adventures.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Evidence of one ancient example still exists around the edges of the Himalayas, where long-ago river capture eroded deep gorges.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
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Now, though, 12 galleries displaying at least 15,000 artifacts each are welcoming 4,000 visitors as part of a trial, according to Egypt’s assistant to the minister of antiquities, Al-Tayeb Abbas.George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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The Agora of Smyrna founded in the 4th century B.C. and rebuilt by Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius following an earthquake in 178 A.D. was the city’s political and commercial center and is one of the largest antiquities of that type still visible.Laurie Werner, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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This might be an uncomfortable statement for some, particularly those who find belief in any sort of deity to be an outdated relic of a bygone era.Donovan McAbee, TIME, 28 Oct. 2024
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Not quite a Saturday morning canyon carver, instead this Benz serves perfectly as the Sunday brunch cruiser, a true time capsule from a bygone era of motoring that Mercedes, and almost every automaker, can still learn from today.Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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In his memoir Spare, released one month after Harry & Meghan in January 2023, Harry shed further light on that memorable Halloween.Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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Seven years later, in 2018, Bündchen published her first memoir, Lessons: My Path to a Meaningful Life, which became an instant New York Times Bestseller.Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 29 Oct. 2024
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Kmart outlasted several copycat regional discounters that are now defunct, including Ames, Jamesway, Caldor, Venture, Zayre, Bradlees, Mervyn’s and Korvettes, and can be credited for creating the template for Walmart’s and Target’s expansion.David Moin, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
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Herro worked on Dough and launched another crypto trading business a decade ago called Pacer Capital, which appears to now be defunct.MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
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In 2015, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Green Sports Alliance issued a report finding that at least 31 North American sports teams had mascots at risk of going extinct in the wild.Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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Without protection, those plants will go extinct, and something like four of those areas are slated to become gas stations.Amy Brady, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2024
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Joining the core trio of Corgan, Iha and Chamberlin were bassist Jack Bates and guitarist Kiki Wong, who famously won the post from the departed Jeff Schroeder after a public casting call of more than 10,000.Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
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Farewell to Vivek Ramaswamy (good riddance, as the Trump toady was a rude, insulting embarrassment) and to Asa Hutchinson (who, along with the departed Chris Christie, were the only ones who correctly and honorably said that criminal convictions should disqualify Trump).New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2024
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The arrest comes two years after French customs agents in Modane, near the Italian border, confiscated the work, thanks to an expired export license that the man presented.Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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About 40,000 workers in 20 cities who are represented by UNITE HERE face expired contracts, Reuters reported.Jena McGregor, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
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Thankfully, all content from past games will still be usable in Call of Duty: Warzone.Cade Onder, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024
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Other past credits include Silent Night and the A24 horror pic X.Justin Kroll, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Long ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/long%20ago. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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