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These tests will run over several weeks while Gaia remains at a gravitationally stable point between Earth and the sun called Lagrange point 2, or L2.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
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Teenager Jason Brown finishes second and defending champion Max Aaron places third. 2015 — Ezekiel Elliott rushes for 246 yards and four touchdowns and Ohio State wins the first national title in college football’s playoff era, running over Oregon 42-20.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2025
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In reality, the lack of water flowing from hydrants highlights a problem within the city’s emergency infrastructure.—
Chloe Sorvino,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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But the Biden administration concluded that some data of U.S. users would still flow to China and ByteDance would still be able to exert control over TikTok’s operations in the U.S.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
11 Jan. 2025
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The series airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT following a lead-in from Night Court, currently in its third season, and streams the next day on Peacock.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
14 Jan. 2025
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In the United Kingdom, the 2025 BAFTAs ceremony will be broadcast on BBC One and available to stream on BBC iPlayer. Viewers in the US can watch along via BritBox.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
14 Jan. 2025
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Company officials had said there was no indication that the water was actually contaminated, but urged customers to flush the plumbing in their homes.—
Tammy Murga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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Instead of the mirror moving insides its housing, the entire housing moves, so the mirror can sit flushing against it.—
Alistair Charlton,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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But the boxes and enemy deaths spurt currency in unpredictable directions at variable speeds.—
Patricia Hernandez,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2025
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The losers die — usually spurting great arterial gouts — and a stack of bills representing their worth plops into the insatiable belly of the prize oinker.—
James Poniewozik,
New York Times,
26 Dec. 2024
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Humanitarian aid would also flood the strip during this initial phase.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
16 Jan. 2025
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Aid would flood Gaza as residents returned to what is left of their homes, and the Israeli military pulls back from the major population centers, according to the mediators.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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But that blissful image has been ruptured in recent days as parts of Los Angeles were engulfed in flames, reducing homes and businesses across the sprawling metropolis to smoldering heaps of ash and rubble, most calamitously in the Pacific Palisades and the community of Altadena.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC News,
15 Jan. 2025
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Reis has made some big leaps in his career, but strolling into this City team — engulfed in the transitional chaos of the Premier League — would be by far the biggest of his career.—
Thom Harris,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025
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TikTok Reacts So far, the post has been inundated with comments from hundreds of animal lovers.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
8 Jan. 2025
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My top recommendation to avoid being inundated with spam emails is to use an alias email address.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
8 Jan. 2025
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