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Following an impulse to ditch your routine could put you right back at square one!
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Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 14 July 2024
Any new approach would effectively have to start from square one.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 2 July 2024
Morrison Cease-fire talks back to square one, Hamas says
Hamas said in a statement on Friday that Israel's effective rejection of a cease-fire proposal supported by the Islamist militant group has brought negotiations back to square one.
—Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
When Hurley surprisingly threw it back, the Lakers were back to square one, which was already populated by Redick, so, what the heck, boom, done.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
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Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 14 July 2024
Any new approach would effectively have to start from square one.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 2 July 2024
Morrison Cease-fire talks back to square one, Hamas says
Hamas said in a statement on Friday that Israel's effective rejection of a cease-fire proposal supported by the Islamist militant group has brought negotiations back to square one.
—Dan Morrison, USA TODAY, 10 May 2024
When Hurley surprisingly threw it back, the Lakers were back to square one, which was already populated by Redick, so, what the heck, boom, done.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
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From day one, he was driven by a passion that went beyond getting clicks and likes.Carmine Gallo, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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On day one, the staff doesn’t have a full read on the vacancy rate, which is usually determined after the first port of call.Colleen Sullivan, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2024
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Florida has made headlines in recent months as ground zero for the climate-change insurance crisis.Molly Taft, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024
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In 2024, Milwaukee, and Wisconsin more broadly, is ground zero for the fight for the White House.Galen Druke, ABC News, 15 July 2024
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It’s been on the city drawing board for years but has yet to go any further.Paul Gattis | pgattis@al.com, al, 27 May 2021
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Winter Park is back to the drawing board in charting a path forward for its former library, which sits within shouting distance of Park Avenue.Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2023
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Shuffling out to first base for Boston was Bill Buckner.Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
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Roberts was on first base and alertly scampered back to avoid a double play.Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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She was banned in September, then banned again in October after attempting to start her account from the beginning.CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
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Proton believes privacy is integral to AI models, and rather than AI models adding privacy components after the fact, they should be integrated into the technology from the beginning.Hessie Jones, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Square one.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/square%20one. Accessed 7 Nov. 2024.
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