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a part taken from a longer work
he'll read an excerpt from the novel at the book signing
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In this excerpt from my new book, Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women’s Ascent of Denali, the saga begins with Hoeman in 1967, then the only woman on an Alaskan expedition to summit Denali.
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Cassidy Randall, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2025
That dispatch excerpt was part of a compilation of dispatch audio and video footage — from a police vehicle dashboard, Lemos’ body camera and an eyewitness cell phone — played for reporters a few days after the shooting.
—Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
Some in the crowd sobbed as organizers played excerpts from Nasrallah's speeches.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 23 Feb. 2025
Here’s the latest installment of the Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz — this time with excerpts and utterances from the week spanning Feb. 16 to 22.
—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
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Cassidy Randall, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2025
That dispatch excerpt was part of a compilation of dispatch audio and video footage — from a police vehicle dashboard, Lemos’ body camera and an eyewitness cell phone — played for reporters a few days after the shooting.
—Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
Some in the crowd sobbed as organizers played excerpts from Nasrallah's speeches.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 23 Feb. 2025
Here’s the latest installment of the Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz — this time with excerpts and utterances from the week spanning Feb. 16 to 22.
—Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
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Exploring the genre of inaugural addresses through quotations and objects from the past can help listeners better understand the opening speech of a new administration, the first act in a job that began with the taking of the oath.—
Claire Jerry,
The Conversation,
14 Jan. 2025
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Despite the patchwork libretto, Handel ingeniously parlayed Jennens’ quotations and paraphrases from the Old and New testaments into unexpected evocations of wonder and awe.—
Bob Blaisdell,
The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, willowherb extract and vitamin E soothe skin for a supple complexion.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
17 Mar. 2025
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Data engineers build and maintain data pipelines using extract, transform, load (ETL) processes to synthesize data from various sources into data warehouses or data lakes.—
Suri Nuthalapati,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Cave passages extend hundreds of feet below the pond, and continue to drop to deeper levels, Cave Adventures says.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
19 Mar. 2025
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That outrage, and the report’s emergence just before the spring Legislative session, could provide momentum for passage of one of the prevailing party bills this year.—
Ron Hurtibise,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
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Therein lies a small-scale model of his office, with signs explaining how each section was fussed over to insure that the player progresses at a good clip.—
Christopher Byrd,
The New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2025
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Still, companies and job seekers are investing in recruitment AI at a rapid clip, both seeking a better way.—
Susan LaMotte,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Goode then allegedly instructed the officer to write a citation for marked lanes only.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
12 Mar. 2025
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The courts have received more than 1,000 notices from people who tried to contest their citations, but so far no drivers have been given a chance to make their case in front of a judge.—
Clara-Sophia Daly,
Miami Herald,
8 Mar. 2025
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The boxy portable projector made its soft debut at CES 2025, and has subsequently appeared at MWC in Barcelona, with TCL drip feeding a few snippets of information at each event.—
Paul Ridden,
New Atlas,
14 Mar. 2025
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Despite maintaining her kids' privacy, Conrad enjoys sharing snippets of their personalities and interests, including Liam's love of gardening fresh veggies.—
Emy LaCroix,
People.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Excerpt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excerpt. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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