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Trump’s and Patel’s own words, however, portend the FBI returning to the open political targeting of the Teapot Dome era.—
Douglas M. Charles,
The Conversation,
12 Mar. 2025 -
Experts fear the focus portends a backslide to the kind of political polarization of schools seen during the coronavirus pandemic.—
Lexi Lonas Cochran,
The Hill,
6 Mar. 2025
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As of last May, filings with the state of Texas indicated that 78% of CFP Administration LLC’s ownership was held in equal 15.6% shares by the Big Ten, ACC, SEC, Big 12 and Pac-12.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Which indicates that her tough-guy act is a front to conceal her own vulnerability.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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The Fed’s aggressiveness implies that its rules, and the tests it’s devised as a way of divining the soundness of banks, is what keeps those banks upright.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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Lynch obsessives will divine other connections between his artworks and his films, but that’s not what makes these works interesting.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
3 Sep. 2019
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The White House foresees the automotive tariffs to generate $100 billion annually.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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The storms are foreseen to bring wind gusts of up to 60 mph and quarter-sized hail (1 inch).—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2025
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Wang said the ride to space was much smoother than anticipated, noting that only the final minute before the engines cut off on the second stage was significant.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2025
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The second time was long anticipated by the members of my Brownie Troop.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2025
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Both the hosting of the Games and the adoption of the euro in 2001 seemed to betoken an unaccustomed self-confidence, optimism and national pride among Greeks.—
Alan Cowell,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2025
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The book betokens an acceptance of ever-encroaching mortality.—
Christina Cacouris,
The New Yorker,
24 Sep. 2024
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As that single foreshadowed, Will Smith now has a new album out, his first in 20 years, Based on a True Story.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
28 Mar. 2025
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Saturday's actions were foreshadowed two weeks ago, when Gavin Kliger, a former Twitter software engineer who is now part of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team, was spotted inside VOA headquarters, sources told Axios.—
Sara Fischer,
Axios,
16 Mar. 2025
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This rare dissent comes as the stock market shows signs of volatility, and economists warn the tariffs could trigger a recession.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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Take the quiz here … TOURIST TERROR – US embassy in hot spot issues assault warning for women renting jet skis.—
FOXNews.com,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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