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For many years, China has been the largest source of both legal supplies of the drug – which is prescribed for severe pain relief – and illicit supplies of precursor chemicals that are typically processed in labs in Mexico before the final product is smuggled across the US border.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025 -
This concoction of shredded beef in tomato sauce is believed by some to be a precursor to the American Sloppy Joe.—
Matt Rozo,
The Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2025
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The most obvious forerunner is Video Quartet, a 2002 work in which four screens show four videos simultaneously, each constructed from myriad film clips, all synced in a way that interlaces their soundtracks into a musical composition.—
Jonathon Keats,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Solution #4: Charles Schwab Schwab, a forerunner in discount brokerage, has a bank subsidiary that can do what banks usually do.—
William Baldwin,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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But these domestic shifts should not be understood as harbingers of a grand reopening to the West.—
Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Mar. 2025
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The endorsement is a harbinger of Dorsey’s ambitious vision for AI — equipping individuals and enterprises with open, adaptable AI tools.—
Tor Constantino,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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The Art Institute offered a foretaste of the collection through two exhibitions — one focused on Neoclassical paintings, the other on French Revolution-era drawings — in the fall.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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The Dutch semiconductor equipment manufacturer’s financial performance could be a foretaste of how U.S. chip export controls to China affect tech companies.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
17 Oct. 2024
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Others chalk up social trends such as learning to play the harmonica or wearing more brown clothing as forewarnings of a financial downturn on the horizon.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2025
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But a little forewarning: If Denver loses this weekend and the Wild sign Buium soon after, don’t expect Buium to immediately get games if the Wild’s playoff spot or positioning isn’t locked and their blue line is healthy.—
Michael Russo,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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This sleek argent-toned agent was once Norrin Radd, a historian from the planet Zenn-La who signed up to be Galactus’ herald to spare his homeworld from an unthinkable fate.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
12 Mar. 2025
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Hailing from the planet Zenn-La, Radd offers his services as the herald of the world devourer Galactus, but only if Galactus spares his home.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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Unlike Silicon Valley, New York lacked a deep pool of experienced angel investors in 2017–2018.—
Christer Holloman,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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The latter will be completed by Alexia Laroche-Joubert, the boss of Banijay France; filmmaker-producer Julie Gayet; business angel and founder of Allociné Jean-David Blanc; and journalist Éric Libiot.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2025
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Through the front doors — which boast double leather horse collars — the entryway features an equine sculpture placed on a piece that Churchill Downs outrider Lee Lockwood once had atop his horse.—
Lennie Omalza,
The Courier-Journal,
1 May 2024
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Because Lezcano had help from an outrider to cross the finish line, the last-place run did not technically count as a finish in the race.—
Praveena Somasundaram,
Washington Post,
23 Aug. 2023
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