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Tort claims are typically filed as precursors to a potential lawsuit.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
22 May 2025 -
Gleason worked as a senior adviser to the U.S. Digital Service, the precursor to DOGE.—
Melissa Quinn
May 21,
CBS News,
21 May 2025
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Military training was also a non-starter, since the U.S. Army Air Service (a forerunner to the Air Force) did not accept women.—
Victor Luckerson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 May 2025
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It has been said that Nomad was the forerunner of all modern station wagons.—
David Krumboltz,
Mercury News,
27 Apr. 2025
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So the fact that Xbox games are now free to land on any platform might be a harbinger of things to come, and this could give Microsoft a foundational head-start in the race toward a different future.—
Mitch Wallace,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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As the United States withdraws and international institutions decay, their ordeal may be a harbinger of what is to come.—
Lynsey Addario,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2025
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The Art Institute offered a foretaste of the collection through two exhibitions — one focused on Neoclassical paintings, the other on French Revolution-era drawings — in the fall.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
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Is this a foretaste of the next four years?—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Dec. 2024
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Norm Miller, University of San Diego YES: Consumers appreciate transparency and forewarning.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2025
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Fast-food forewarning: McDonald’s reported lackluster quarterly earnings Thursday morning, posting its steepest U.S. same-store sales decline since the early days of the Covid pandemic in 2020.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
1 May 2025
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Like the Marvel comics, Shalla-Bal is the herald of Galactus, a planet-devouring behemoth who is voiced by Ralph Ineson in the movie.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2025
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In the original comics, the Silver Surfer was Norrin Radd, a male astronomer from the planet Zenn-La who became the herald of Galactus.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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After the initial prayers and thanking God, the universe and the angels, who and whatever has kept me alive and blessed me with an amazing life so far...—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
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Every time a character on a TV show doesn’t call the police, an anti-carceral angel gets its wings.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
21 May 2025
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One of the motorcycle outriders tackled the two protestors to the ground as the leading group of the men’s race ran past unobstructed.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
27 Apr. 2025
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Through the front doors — which boast double leather horse collars — the entryway features an equine sculpture placed on a piece that Churchill Downs outrider Lee Lockwood once had atop his horse.—
Lennie Omalza,
The Courier-Journal,
1 May 2024
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