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Four professional franchises that play home games within a couple of downtown blocks of each other—the Pistons, Lions, Tigers and Red Wings—have together risen from national mockery to playoff contention in the past few years.—
Jason Clinkscales,
Sportico.com,
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The long-standing lèse-majesté laws, which criminalizes criticism of the monarchy, is still used to intimidate and punish activists, making a mockery of any notion that Thailand is a land where speech rights are protected.—
Jeffrey Wasserstrom,
NPR,
8 Mar. 2025
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McCann, for instance, recently engaged in a nasty spat with Severin Borenstein, a UC Berkeley energy economist and regular target of the solar industry’s fury.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2025
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Seven European allies still fall short of even that target.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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Here’s one basic reality the recent laws don’t recognize: If density increases in burn footprints, the number of prospective victims in the inevitable future fires there will also increase.—
Thomas Elias,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025
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The victim, identified as Jhoser Sanchez, later died in the hospital.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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The company has become a lightning rod for criticism from both the right and left.—
Phil Singer,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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The guest list has become a lightning rod for messaging, particularly for Democrats who have struggled to regain their footing after blistering losses in November.—
Brady Knox,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
3 Mar. 2025
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Maybe instead of rats the cartoon should show sitting ducks.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Feb. 2025
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To the Mach 4 missiles, capable of taking out jets maneuvering at high speed , a Shahed is a sitting duck.—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Orb-weaving spiders are known for crafting intricate and highly organized webs to hunt prey.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Watch this cuttlefish turn into a leaf and a coral to hunt its prey Watch on At first, the cuttlefish moved toward the crabs slowly.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Mar. 2025
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Meek Mill being the butt of jokes negatively impacted his child’s life last year.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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Midway through the 97th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday (March 2), host Conan O’Brien fired off a Kendrick Lamar one-liner that once again made Drake the butt of the joke — this time at the Oscars.—
Jason Lipshutz,
Billboard,
3 Mar. 2025
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Goff’s staggering career revival — from middling starter on an 0-8-1 team to MVP candidate for one that’s 41-21 since, including the playoffs — mirrors the organization’s rise from league laughingstock to Super Bowl contender.—
Zak Keefer,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025
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The former Florida Gator has seen the club go from a laughingstock to a contender.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Pilgarlic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pilgarlic. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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