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More than 250 flights were delayed at Denver International Airport on Sunday as a third day of below-freezing weather and snow buffeted the city.—
Lauren Penington,
The Denver Post,
19 Jan. 2025 -
Snow storms buffeted the Northeastern United States, and India and Japan suffered from severe famines as crops failed.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
19 Jan. 2025
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Since the Club’s December Monthly Meeting, Wall Street has been barraged by headlines that sent equities seesawing down and then up.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
23 Jan. 2025
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Angelenos have spent the past week under a haze of smoke, barraged by evacuation warnings, many of them searching for a place to stay after fleeing their homes.—
Kellen Browning,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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Logos and signs plastered with red and gold — lucky colors in Chinese tradition — brighten the otherwise gray exteriors while aromas of Peking duck come from an on-site canteen.—
David Culver,
CNN,
18 Jan. 2025
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An entire wall of his office is plastered with selfies, over 70 in all, showing Vetro grinning alongside his celebrity students.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2025
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The last of them came on Saturday, a storybook goal that involved slaloming between three defenders and then cannoning a fierce, rising shot past three more, as well as the goalkeeper.—
Rory Smith,
New York Times,
14 Mar. 2023
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The cost per shot is cheap, as the ammunition is technically just electricity generated on the spot and not a missile or even cannon round built in a factory and shipped to the battlefield.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
19 Mar. 2020
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The Lions, simply battered by health issues on defense, are just the second 15-win team to not win a single playoff game in the Super Bowl era.—
Chris Branch,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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Specifically, Murder in a Small Town follows Karl Alberg (Sutherland), who moves to a quiet, coastal town to soothe a psyche that has been battered by big-city police work.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Jalen Hurts has been sacked on 18 percent of pass plays.—
Michael Salfino,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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He was not sacked in the game, and Washington was 3-for-4 on fourth-down conversion attempts.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
23 Jan. 2025
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Such a move would be akin to nuking the legislative filibuster, the new Republican leader said.—
Ross O'Keefe,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
6 Jan. 2025
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The Anyone but You star portrays quarterback Russ Holliday, who disguises himself as a fictional person and walks onto a struggling football team in the South after bad behavior nukes his college career.—
Christy Piña,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Dec. 2024
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With the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas taking effect, aid convoys seemed to enter Gaza without issues, and no attempts at stealing or looting the aid were reported on Sunday or Monday, according to Juliette Touma, a spokeswoman for the main U.N. agency that assists Palestinians.—
Hiba Yazbek,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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Residents remain barred from certain parts of Los Angeles, as authorities work to bring back utilities (and worry about looting).—
Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025
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