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Fresh off the one-two punch of Helene and Milton, hurricane victims in Florida — even those with insurance — face a challenging recovery.
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Rob Wile, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
For one Anna Maria Island landmark, the one-two punch of these storms was too much.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2024
With the one-two punch of Hurricane Milton hitting Florida, many residents evacuated the region.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 10 Oct. 2024
The best day trip for more than just views: Celery Bog Nature Area and Prophetstown State Park
A quick drive up to Tippecanoe County provides the perfect one-two punch for anyone who wants to blend wildlife watching and local history with their leaf peeping.
—Arika Herron, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
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Rob Wile, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
For one Anna Maria Island landmark, the one-two punch of these storms was too much.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2024
With the one-two punch of Hurricane Milton hitting Florida, many residents evacuated the region.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 10 Oct. 2024
The best day trip for more than just views: Celery Bog Nature Area and Prophetstown State Park
A quick drive up to Tippecanoe County provides the perfect one-two punch for anyone who wants to blend wildlife watching and local history with their leaf peeping.
—Arika Herron, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024
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Boeing factory workers voted to reject a contract offer and continue a more than five-week strike on Wednesday, in a blow to new CEO Kelly Ortberg's plan to shore up the finances of the struggling planemaker.Daniel Catchpole, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
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Boeing’s striking factory workers voted to reject the company’s latest contract offer on Wednesday night, a major blow to the plane maker, which reported a $6 billion quarterly loss earlier in the day.Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Despite certain calamities — like the Great Recession or the tech bubble of the early 2000s — the S&P 500 has turned into a long-term, compounding machine.Bret Kenwell, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Patrick Crusius worried that Texas — hot and dry and facing climate calamity — was being overrun by immigrants.Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
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Vintage Day-Dates have become hugely popular and with the rise of design-forward dials, this piece is a double whammy for collectors.Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2024
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With the plot to kill the president-elect thwarted, everything changes for Neuman, especially with the double whammy of Homelander exposing her supe identity live on air.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 18 July 2024
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Regional authorities have been heavily criticized for having issued alerts to mobile phones some two hours after the disaster had started.Hernán Muñoz and Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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The rule could prevent a disaster like the one that happened with Synapse, where thousands of consumers lost access to their funds.Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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In 1952: The United States tested the first hydrogen bomb on the Eniwetok atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in a blast equivalent to 10.4 megatons of TNT, hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024
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The state civil protection office said in a social media post that the blast was likely caused after smelting apparatus collapsed.Reuters, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
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“One-two.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/one-two. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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