Russia has also hammered cities with nightly bombardments targeting the country's critical infrastructure.
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Isabelle Khurshudyan and Ellen Francis The Washington Post,
arkansasonline.com,
9 Feb. 2025
Details of the characters’ psychologies — Belle’s impulse to fake an ailment whenever she’s threatened, or Milla’s doubling down on pseudoscience to protect herself from facing mortality — are introduced, underlined, and then hammered over repeatedly.
In any case, California is forging ahead with its ambitious electric vehicle plans, despite Trump’s opposition.
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Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
Daniel Levin had a keen eye for underappreciated property in Chicago and in 50 years as a real estate developer forged new ground in making sometimes-gutsy calls to build large projects in areas of the city that hadn’t attracted much development.
When a hurricane or tornado starts to form, your local weather forecasters can quickly pull up maps tracking its movement and showing where it’s headed.
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Christine Wiedinmyer,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2025
Social Security benefits are paid to more than 70 million Americans on a monthly basis, and help form the bedrock of income for many retirees, survivors of deceased claimants and disabled people.
Folding method: Rather than having to tip the dough out on the counter and knead it, King Arthur's recipe calls for folding the dough right in the bowl.
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Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 Jan. 2025
Cats also knead their owners Some cats also knead into their favorite people.
This brass was crushed in a flattened oval around the dog’s neck, as though it had been pounded with a hammer.
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Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
13 Feb. 2025
There are surely similarities to sectors such as domestic manufacturing and agriculture, which were also pounded by global competition, technological disruption and automation.
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