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Bore emphasizes how play is exploratory and simulated.—
Abigail Dubiniecki,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025 -
The indigenous technology, crucial for satellite servicing, space station operations, and interplanetary missions, positions India to play a significant role in the commercial and exploratory frontiers of space.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
16 Jan. 2025
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The show’s origins lie in its creator Greg Kotis’s rage at having to pay for public toilets in Europe after performing at a festival in Romania with his experimental troupe, the Neo-Futurists.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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Kangaroo egg injected with sperm The experimental IVF process saw embryos produced by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), which as the video demonstrates, is a delicate procedure that sees a single sperm injected directly into a mature egg.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Feb. 2025
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Acosta was left with fewer options in the final third than at any point of his four-year stay in Ohio, as the club was unable to adequately replace Brandon Vazquez and Brenner with developmental loanee Kevin Kelsy.—
Jeff Rueter,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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It’s well established that the pre-natal period can have long-term effects on a baby’s health, and Barreto believes that phenomenon may extend to cancer risk if parents are exposed to carcinogens during this critical developmental time.—
Jamie Ducharme,
TIME,
13 Feb. 2025
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Perhaps there is no more probative example of this when the current president would not rule out using American military force to take Greenland and/or the Panama Canal.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
29 Jan. 2025
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Fulbright shepherded the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution through the Senate in 1964, but two years later, his probative hearings helped shift public opinion against the war.—
James Goldgeier,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Aug. 2018
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Crowley-Sanders is next scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on Feb. 27 and is currently being held in custody on a $1 million bond, according to court records.—
Lauren Penington,
The Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2025
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Judge Jackson will hold a hearing on February 26 at 10:00am to consider imposing a preliminary injunction.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Investigative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/investigative. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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