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The future is personal Hair transplant excellence in 2025 isn’t measured by graft count or by shock factor.—
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Baltimore Sun,
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When to Contact Your Periodontist Though severe complications are rare, gum graft surgery carries risks.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
3 May 2025
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Hemingway, who was also charged with larceny and money laundering, is being held in pretrial detention at the Osborn Correctional Institution in Somers on $2 million bail.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2025
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He was charged with two counts of larceny of a motor vehicle and interfering with a search.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
22 May 2025
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From the start, police ruled out robbery as a motive—nothing had been taken.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
30 May 2025
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Boise police arrested two men from Texas on Wednesday who are suspected of being involved in at least 195 robberies at Ulta Beauty stores nationwide.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
29 May 2025
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The Importance Of Proper Legal Analysis Some recent discussions that have speculated on the Pope's potential U.S. tax obligations, seem to have a misunderstanding or misapplication of the relevant legal frameworks.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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Today marks the start of a new era for SNAP—prioritizing work, career and technical education, and volunteering rather than idleness, excess spending, and misapplication of the law.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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For the majority of the story, Lamia and Saeed are left to their own devices, including resorting to thievery.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
16 May 2025
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Friends since their youth, the two grow up together in petty thievery which leads to dual lives in organized crime.—
Gregory Nussen,
Deadline,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Peculation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculation. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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