wink (out)

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Verb
  • Adesanya later stopped Pereira to reclaim the belt, with the Brazilian later moving up to light heavyweight and eventually capturing the 205-pound title.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • At least 10 killed in worst mass shooting in Sweden's history 01:33 BREAKFAST BROWSE Michael Jordan’s son arrested on drug charge The 34-year-old son of NBA great Michael Jordan was arrested Tuesday in Florida after police officers found his vehicle stopped on railroad tracks.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The delay comes after the two countries agreed to take steps toward preventing the trafficking of fentanyl into the U.S. Markets stage comeback but still in the red All major U.S. indexes ended Monday in the red.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
  • More light rain fell periodically through the Bay Area on Monday, continuing a pattern that began Friday and ended a nearly month-long stretch without precipitation.
    Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The union’s contracts with the company expired Jan. 17.
    Judith Kohler, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The current deal expires at the end of the 2026 season.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Simultaneously, New York Fashion Week concluded with the Sergio Hudson Fall/Winter 2025 Fashion Show, where Keke Palmer turned heads in a cream ensemble, embodying leadership and authority.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The tour itself starts on April 19 in Minneapolis’ U.S. Bank Stadium and will conclude the North American run in Northwest Stadium in Washington, D.C. on June 18.
    Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 10 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The return-to-work ordinance would require city executives to determine timelines to cease remote-work options for their employees.
    Jessica Boehm, Axios, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Wednesday night, precipitation is expected to be both rain and snow but become all rain after 1 a.m. Snow is expected to cease heading into Thursday with rain instead predicted before 1 p.m.
    Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The judge’s order, issued early Saturday, temporarily halts access to a sensitive payment system that distributes Americans’ tax returns, Social Security benefits, disability payments and federal employees’ salaries.
    Andrew Torgan, CNN, 9 Feb. 2025
  • But there is now growing pushback in the courts to Musk's moves with judges taking actions to delay and halt many of DOGE's efforts, including their access to key Treasury Department payment systems.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The Senate could soon take the first step toward passing President Donald Trump‘s agenda as House Republicans struggle to reach a deal on budget cuts.
    David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The vote fell almost entirely along party lines, with only Sen. John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, joining with all Republicans to pass her confirmation 54-46.
    Stephen Groves, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Melania—after biding her time for decades, then striking at exactly the right moment—may wind up with a larger personal fortune than all of them.
    Dan Alexander, Forbes, 1 Feb. 2025
  • While duly mindful of mitigating factors, the film winds up softballing Autumn and her cohorts, avoiding hard or even straightforwardly context-setting questions while prioritizing their point of view.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 1 Feb. 2025
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