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Many users joined the app in early 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic was otherwise isolating them from community and other creative outlets.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025 -
Advocates say the complaints show a persistent pattern of exploitation in an industry, with limited oversight, that employs some of the most vulnerable workers in the country — workers isolated, without social networks, who often don’t speak English.—
Ian Max Stevenson,
Idaho Statesman,
17 Jan. 2025
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Highland is a relic of several bygone eras: one in which burial grounds were segregated by race, but also one where cemeteries played a more active role in community and religious life.—
Natalie Wallington,
Kansas City Star,
25 Jan. 2025
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Chicago schools Superintendent Benjamin Willis, who served from 1956 to 1966, worked alongside school officials throughout the city to keep the schools segregated.—
Erik Wallenberg,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Jan. 2025
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Ice jams that block the river in winter start breaking up in spring, flooding the area behind it and creating a powerful current that can wreak havoc on the riverbanks.—
Laura Kiniry,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Jan. 2025
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Embarking on his own, Sykes founded Blue Murder, another hard rock group, and recorded several albums before breaking up in 1994.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
21 Jan. 2025
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Production eventually separated the two women and booked a room in a nearby hotel for Hassan to stay in for the night.—
Esther Kang,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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The plan to separate Lionsgate into two entities — Lionsgate Studios and Starz Entertainment — now awaits regulatory approval and then a shareholder vote.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
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Just as the ceremony began, however, the clouds began to part.—
Alexandra Macon,
Vogue,
27 Jan. 2025
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Sun exposure: Full to part sun Soil type: Average, acidic to neutral Crabapples are stunning when in full bloom with their branches fully covered in flowers.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Split (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/split%20%28up%29. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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