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Adverb
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The city first bought the land back in 2019 and annexed it into the city in 2021.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025 -
The drama, which stars Jared Harris as an English teacher who begins to look after his troubled student (Nicholas Hamilton), first debuted at the Heartland Film Festival back in October 2023.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
25 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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The debate over the UFC's pound-for-pound number one took a turn at the weekend as White conceded that undisputed lightweight champion Islam Makhachev is now the UFC's pound-for-pound number-one fighter.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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The relationship series is now in more than 20 territories worldwide, with more than 60 seasons and over 900 episodes produced.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2025
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Fifteen hostages have been released since a ceasefire went into effect earlier this month.—
Mick Krever,
CNN,
30 Jan. 2025
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The spinoff is led by Mark Lazarus, with the roster of executives fleshed out earlier this month.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
30 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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Some tried Fire Road, an alternate evacuation route during emergencies, but before long that passage was surrounded by flames, residents said.—
Jon Schuppe,
NBC News,
11 Jan. 2025
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But when hundreds of millions of users are updating, even a very small percentage impacted is a large number of people—and those people can be vocal and can take to forums and social media to make their point, and that gets picked up and amplified, and before long there’s a perception issue.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
29 Dec. 2024
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