as in to run down
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The trend over the past two years of the relative strength of shipments compared to the weakness of new orders, unfilled orders, and inventories appears to indicate that companies have been burning off their backlogs and running down work-in-progress inventories.—
Jason Schenker,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025 -
Listen to this article About a dozen other hikers were nearby Sunday morning when a young man running down the popular Cowles Mountain trail in San Carlos stopped and fired a gun at a group of young men holding rocks who were chasing him and his female companion, according to a witness.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
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The problem will be finding out which is able to do a deal with De Laurentiis.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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Other dreamers found out they're headed to technology labs, sound stages, and even to space flight training!—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
4 Apr. 2025
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If the sky becomes threatening and thunder can be heard, find a safe place to shelter.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2025
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The Grand emailed supporters last week hoping for help finding two Black female performers to join its show.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2025
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Knowing exactly which offerings will positively impact employees’ lives and which benefits will go unused can be difficult for leaders to accurately ascertain.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Now, the fates of both Jokic and Murray have been ascertained.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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On Sunday around 3 p.m., deputies were called to the apartment located on Armorlite Drive, across the street from Palomar College.—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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According to the team's website, Fordham crew teams train in the Long Island Sound, Eastchester Bay and Hutchinson River, as well as at the Harlem Yacht Club in City Island, located about four miles away from the school's campus.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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This capability to detect deception should be a warning to everyone who relies on AI for critical thinking tasks.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Synchrotron light is vastly brighter than conventional sources, allowing the researchers to identify the molecule's vibrational signals, which are otherwise extremely hard to detect.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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In 2020, Van Gogh Institute director Wouter van der Veen learned of the plot of land after comparing an early 20th-century image that matched the roots in Van Gogh’s painting to the work itself, which was created in the the days before his suicide in a nearby wheat field.—
Angelica Villa for ARTNews,
Robb Report,
6 Apr. 2025
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When parents cope with their own feelings, kids learn that emotions are a part of daily life that's just as valuable to our health as sleep and exercise.—
Juli Fraga, Contributor,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2025
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Read on to discover 10 American Rieslings to stock your wine cellar with.—
Jillian Dara,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Visit Amazon's Deal page to discover the latest deals.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Poke (around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poke%20%28around%29. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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