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On its website, Orkin touts the advantages of having some of the creepy-crawlers around, writing that the arachnids can keep away (or feed on) pests that are actually harmful, like disease-carrying ticks and fleas.
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
That includes canine distemper, parvo, and fleas, ticks and the mites that cause mange.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2024
Given one final play to heave a pass into the end zone, Daniels — playing through a rib injury suffered only one week earlier — scrambled around to extend the play 12 seconds, each tick allowing his receivers to get farther downfield.
—Andrew Greif, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
Since then, more experiments have documented that spiders, ticks, and other bugs can perform a similar trick.
—Max G. Levy, WIRED, 27 Oct. 2024
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
That includes canine distemper, parvo, and fleas, ticks and the mites that cause mange.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2024
Given one final play to heave a pass into the end zone, Daniels — playing through a rib injury suffered only one week earlier — scrambled around to extend the play 12 seconds, each tick allowing his receivers to get farther downfield.
—Andrew Greif, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
Since then, more experiments have documented that spiders, ticks, and other bugs can perform a similar trick.
—Max G. Levy, WIRED, 27 Oct. 2024
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The watch was made in three sizes and features Cartier’s signature black Roman numerals, railway minute track, and cabochon crown.Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2024
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Dallas Peoples, Highland: Blocked a field goal with less than two minutes left to preserve his team’s two-point win over Coalinga.Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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Pull up a chair—actually, no need to sit, because the answer is so simple that it can be summed up in a few seconds.Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
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There are nearly 200,000 frames in a two-hour movie shot at 24 frames per second.Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2024
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Superimposed on the clip is the U.S. Geological Survey's shake map of the Dec. 5 event in northern California.Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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Used to supplement a balanced diet, a shake can help satisfy your daily protein requirement and provide the essential amino acids your body needs to build muscle mass or simply recover better.Caroline Tien, SELF, 3 Dec. 2024
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An all-cheetah moment with matching boots, of course!Larry Stansbury, Essence, 13 Dec. 2024
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Here’s a look at some of the most memorable moments from the film: A history of abuse Elton describes his parents as violent.Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
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The focus is fast enough to snap from close to distant subjects in a split second in most instances.PCMAG, PCMAG, 11 Dec. 2024
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Germany showed the danger of giving opponents even a split second of unmarked possession just beyond the box and exploited their defensive indecision.Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 28 July 2024
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The mix of talking heads and underwater footage (Jeff Louis Peterman’s beckoning cinematography) as well as the occasionally hyped opining about the potential for disaster or triumph delivers the familiar beats of the genre.Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 8 Dec. 2024
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Solid execution and end customer demand across the broad ServiceNow application suite drove another solid beat and raise quarter. ...Michael Bloom, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024
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The song was an instant hit, remains an international multimillion seller and was a 2002 Grammy Hall of Fame inductee.Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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In an instant, even a search for the world’s most obscure watch is likely to turn up a dozen hits with sellers across the world.Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2024
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Symptoms of panic or anxiety can include chest pain, shortness of breath, sweating, and a fast heartbeat.Carisa Brewster, Verywell Health, 9 Dec. 2024
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The whole track flutters with ecstasy, especially the racing, clubby drum track, racing like a heartbeat.Alex Suskind, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Tick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tick. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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