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There’s a historical context to it now, but the doing of it was amazing.—
Alison Weinflash,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2025 -
For example, the White House Correspondents Association decides which reporters go into small spaces like the Oval Office or Air Force One to report on the president’s doings.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
25 Feb. 2025
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Like most of her videos, Britney’s moves embody the carefree energy she’s known for.—
Kleigh Balugo,
StyleCaster,
11 Mar. 2025
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Experts applauded the move, calling it long overdue, but questioned how realistic any change will be.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
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The comment comes in the wake of a historic shift in the custody of the 007 franchise.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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The hand ax emerged during a shift in early human innovation about 1.7 million years ago in a time called the Acheulean age that lasted until about 150,000 years ago.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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Overall, several advocates say the first step is simply spreading awareness about the resources that already exist in the business, from unions to nonprofits to charities, that may not be familiar to developing artists that are accustomed to doing so much on their own.—
Katie Kilkenny,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Mar. 2025
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In contrast to conventional regulatory methods that impose blanket restrictions on industry, like the one adopted by the European Union, our model: is incremental, integrating learning at each step.—
Paulo Carvão,
The Conversation,
7 Mar. 2025
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In a remarkable act of creation spurred on by the space race between America and the Soviet Union, science fiction television shows in the 1960s confidently came of age, emerging from campy low-budget offerings of space commandos amid cardboard sets and sparking rockets to more sophisticated fare.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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The band then became the first act to debut at No. 1 with its first six chart entries in the nearly 69-year history of the chart.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
11 Mar. 2025
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During the Covid-19 pandemic, the first Trump Administration and the Biden Administration both adopted emergency spending measures that cost trillions of dollars.—
John Cassidy,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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The order also calls on state attorneys general to establish enforcement measures and legal strategies to uphold the new mandate.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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The Scholars is a hard swerve away from Car Seat Headrest’s last album, Making a Door Less Open, whose glossy pop surfaces and occasional satirical edge were the result of a long, fraught recording process.—
Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
4 Mar. 2025
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Some civil rights advocates worry the new court processes will accomplish little except to land more people in jail and conservatorship.—
Ethan Varian,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Agencies conducting mass layoffs for reorganization purposes must go through certain procedures, including providing employees with 60 days' notice.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
5 Mar. 2025
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Gene therapies often require complicated procedures to deliver them.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Counterstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterstep. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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