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Here's a closer look at the eight winners, who represent a range of disabilities, including speech and hearing impairments, intellectual disabilities and low vision.—
Charu Bahri,
NPR,
15 Mar. 2025 -
Garcia’s damages included physical pain, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, humiliation, inconvenience, grief, disfigurement, physical impairment, anxiety and emotional distress, according to a recording of the verdict from Courtroom View Network.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN,
14 Mar. 2025
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This includes many children, people who are pregnant, elderly people with low incomes and people with disabilities.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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Impacts will include teacher shortages and a loss in professional development and salaries for specialists who work with students with disabilities, the attorneys general said.—
April Rubin,
Axios,
13 Mar. 2025
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In recent weeks, the corporation has published two reviews into the historical behavior of presenters Russell Brand and Tim Westwood, both of which revealed failings in BBC processes around complaints handling.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
6 Mar. 2025
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Thankfully, this phone makes up for these failings with a slightly better software update policy.—
Julian Chokkattu,
WIRED,
28 Feb. 2025
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At the same time, there are growing signs of weakness.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
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Domestic protests, after all, only create openings for adversaries such as the United States—which see cracks in Iran’s society as signs of weakness.—
Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Mar. 2025
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Never Fall In Love With A Stock Pick The study of behavioral finance teaches us that humans are emotional and often make rash decisions to their detriment.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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This guy is a true football player — hard-hitting to the point of detriment.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
The Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2025
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But they were told that authorities required solid proof that a business was at fault in order to take away a license.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
20 Mar. 2025
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The company has been found at fault for a few major wildfires in Southern California in recent years, including the 2017 Thomas fire and 2018’s Woolsey fire.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Defectiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defectiveness. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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