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Grab it in 15 colors, and pair it with accessories like a sunhat, layered necklaces, and your favorite sandals, espadrilles, or flats—you’ll look like a million bucks (without putting in hours of effort).
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Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
That was over seven [or] eight months of work put in.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 29 Mar. 2025
The network has put in a supercharged order for two more seasons and two Christmas specials of the Ant and Dec series.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
Often it's put in the context of competing with China.
—Dave Davies, NPR, 19 Mar. 2025
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Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 29 Mar. 2025
That was over seven [or] eight months of work put in.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 29 Mar. 2025
The network has put in a supercharged order for two more seasons and two Christmas specials of the Ant and Dec series.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
Often it's put in the context of competing with China.
—Dave Davies, NPR, 19 Mar. 2025
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Nearly two decades before U.S. President Donald Trump eyed the strategic value of Greenland for the U.S., Russian explorers planted their country's flag on the seabed 14,000 feet below the North Pole.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
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James’ timber and forestry operation, based in New Brunswick, has planted more than a billion trees since 1957.—
Roy Canivel,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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In the lead-up to March Madness, the NCAA Selection Committee was tasked with seeding 68 teams, a process informed by seven different ranking systems.—
Giovanni Malloy,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Start cucumbers, squash and melons in large pots now for transplant in a few weeks or seed them directly in the ground toward the end of the month.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2025
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For the study, the researchers drilled two-gram samples out of the inner walls of two vessel fragments excavated by Schliemann.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
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The rover drilled the Cumberland sample from an area within a crater called Yellowknife Bay, which resembled an ancient lake bed.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 2025
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