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as in to contain
to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)
a company that cannot manage to pull in costs will not be in business for very long
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as in to arrest
to take or keep under one's control by authority of law
he was pulled in after a random traffic stop turned up drugs in his car
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Most dark chocolate products contain between 70 and 85% cocoa, though certain types can contain much lower and higher cocoa percentages.Jillian Kubala, Health, 28 Oct. 2024
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Many cooking sprays are made with refined oils, containing additives and propellants that aren't ideal for health-conscious cooks.Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 28 Oct. 2024
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Suspects arrested in the contracting scams typically offered to do projects, including plumbing, roofing and electrical work, charging a total of more than $250 million.Stepheny Price, Fox News, 27 Oct. 2024
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Their sons, who were 21 and 18 at the time, were arrested less than a year later, in 1990, and convicted of first-degree murder in 1996.Cindy VonQuednow, CNN, 25 Oct. 2024
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The war following the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks has displaced thousands of Palestinians and led to over 40,000 civilian deaths, per the Gaza Health Ministry, which is controlled by Hamas.Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Oct. 2024
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Researchers in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), have built on earlier work to create a grain-sized soft robot that can enter the body and be controlled by magnetic fields to travel to a specific target.New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2024
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But the theory was dealt a blow last June when the Supreme Court rejected North Carolina legislators' attempt to seize total control over election rules.Andrew Solender, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
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La Nacion reports that six members of the police’s special investigations and the special technological investigations divisions entered the hotel on Wednesday afternoon to seize evidence for their investigations into the former One Direction star’s death.Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024
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Once the suitcase crashed down, Dr. Rose and his team drove through the night to retrieve the carry-on, hoping for the best but keeping expectations reasonable.Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2024
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The judge didn't make a decision yet on whether Giuliani will be allowed to keep a Palm Beach, Florida, condominium and World Series rings that his son claims his father gave him.Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
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This column originally ran in the Washington Free Beacon.Matthew Continetti, National Review, 26 Oct. 2024
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But maybe somebody like me could run in this state.George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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The Federal Trade Commission regulates the mergers that all these enormous media companies are constantly undergoing, as well as many, many other orders of business your average corporation or tycoon must conduct every day.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Melatonin is a hormone made by our bodies' pineal gland that helps regulate our circadian rhythms, the natural patterns our bodies experience in a 24-hour cycle.Michael Franco, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024
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In New York, the nation’s largest TV market, the fall classic grabbed a 13.2/37 in the same measures — meaning that a far bigger proportion of L.A. TV viewers were tuned in to the game live than were Yankees fans in New York.Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 26 Oct. 2024
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Indiana almost certainly wouldn’t have grabbed a victory without him.Tony East, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Pull in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pull%20in. Accessed 7 Nov. 2024.
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