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Preposition
  • The falling debris also forced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to suddenly close a vast tract of airspace along the rocket's flight path.
    Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The opening number with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande was stunning, but a James Bond medley without any of the original Bond singers came out of nowhere and sputtered along.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 3 Mar. 2025
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  • To better understand this, the researchers used a machine-learning model to estimate how much fine particulate matter was in the air at every mile marker on the course of nine marathons located across the U.S. between 2003 and 2019.
    Claire Maldarelli, Scientific American, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in cities across the country as part of a general strike called to demand justice for the 57 people killed on Feb. 28, 2023, when a passenger train collided head-on with a freight train.
    Derek Gatopoulos and Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
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  • When push comes to shove, however, the best colleague to have beside you in the trenches is one with whom you’re aligned in both heart and mind.
    Levi King, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
  • For the latter application, the Loki-Nav can simply be left propped up beside the kindling with the magnifying glass set to the optimum sunlight-focusing angle.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 25 Feb. 2025

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