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Case in point: While flying back home to New York after visiting her sister in Los Angeles, her son threw up for the first time in his life—in the middle of a flight.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
30 May 2025 -
Some of this could be coming from a place of a fanbase that has thrown up its collective hands at the franchise.—
Jared Wyllys,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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With a bus system known for being unreliable and inconvenient, some advocates and commuters say work will need to be done to rebuild trust with riders and to entice new ones to see the bus as a viable option.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
5 June 2025
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His approach was patient and decisive, allow the company as a whole to rebuild trust and achieve significant financial growth.—
David Villa,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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While replacing a roof may be fairly straightforward in hurricane country, protecting a home from wildfire can mean retrofitting many parts of the house, as well as continually maintaining flammable vegetation in the yard.—
Lauren Sommer,
NPR,
11 June 2025
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The airplane was an unwieldy, twin-engine ex-bomber, retrofitted with fuel tanks where formerly the bombs would have been held.—
David Rooney
June 5,
Literary Hub,
5 June 2025
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The airfield was generally a few miles behind the front, so as the front moved, the men had to disassemble, then reassemble the hangar.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2025
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With a little help from one of the players being honored Monday, the vice president was seemingly able to quickly reassemble the trophy.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
14 Apr. 2025
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In the now-legendary Paris exhibition, the curators reconstructed her house (a model of her home was in the Wits Art Museum exhibition) and invited her to paint it in the same style.—
Percy Zvomuya,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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Hospital death records helped Baham's team reconstruct some biographical moments of the 13 men and four women.—
Alina Selyukh,
NPR,
31 May 2025
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The process can be complicated, but generally, under reconciliation, the goal is to combine spending and revenue provisions into a single bill.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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The film is deeply atmospheric, combining handmade aesthetics with an emotive, electronic score to craft a meditative journey about separation and connection.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
9 June 2025
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This was the first ISS launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40, which SpaceX has been redeveloping to support future crewed missions in addition to KSC’s Launch Pad 39-A.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 June 2025
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The new space is in The Spiral Tower in Hudson Yards, an area redeveloped as part of New York City's bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games on the site of a former rail yard.—
Aman Kidwai,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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Alison devises a plan to escape her creative paralysis.—
Charlie Tyson,
New Yorker,
4 June 2025
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Monthly sessions focus on topics such as devising a business strategy and developing leadership skills.—
James Simms,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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“Jerry-build.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jerry-build. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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