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The city was sacked again — this time by the Turks — and incorporated into the Ottoman Empire.—
Danuta Hamlin,
FOXNews.com,
13 Apr. 2025 -
At the crossroads of Roman roads in ancient Gaul, Cassel was sacked by the Vikings in the late 9th century, and later became a 17th-century war prize fought over by France and Spain.—
Mary Winston Nicklin,
AFAR Media,
7 Apr. 2025
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House conservatives are putting pressure on Senate Republicans to promise deeper spending cuts — at least $1.5 trillion over the next decade — ahead of the negotiations, but GOP senators themselves are deeply divided on what to axe.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
11 Apr. 2025
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Penske officially axed 96 employees at an Aurora facility on March 31, while Quiet is cutting 76 employees on May 23 as part of a plant closure in Chicago.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Apr. 2025
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Quantum internet removes that risk by ensuring only the sender and receiver can read a message, so not even the hosting platform can access it.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Note that synthetic data is not about replacing real data but augmenting it to remove bottlenecks and drive AI innovation.—
Aditi Godbole,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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O'Keefe was found on the front lawn of another Boston police officer who has since retired, Brian Albert.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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A lot of people who are looking at their 401(k), and were maybe going to retire this year, have great concerns about what that means for them personally.—
Ana Perez,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
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Republican senators are brushing off concerns that high-profile arrests and deportations of foreign students may ostracize a group that is a major contributor to the U.S. economy.—
Lexi Lonas Cochran,
The Hill,
6 Apr. 2025
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Sometimes, leaders pick a fight with a big personality to exert their authority, and although only Amorim knows what his motivations for ostracizing Rashford are, his decision not to attempt to reintegrate the forward quickly appeared to harden to the point of principle.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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Support for the World Food Program Continues, while Funds Benefiting Terrorist Groups Ends USAID has terminated less than 15% of WFP awards, maintaining over 100 active programs with WFP, a key partner.—
Ted Koppel,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2025
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At least 47 grants that NCI awarded were terminated in the first month.—
Rae Ellen Bichell and Rachana Pradhan,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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That could include access to billions in federal subsidies to increase rural internet access that SpaceX was shut out of under the Biden administration.—
Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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That’s the second time this season, and the seventh time in franchise history, the Blue Jackets have been shut out in consecutive games.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Central took the overtime opening kickoff but were dispossessed by Pacific Ridge center middlefielder Nick Axelson, who pushed the ball into the Spartans’ side of the pitch.—
The San Diego Union Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2025
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In the 29th minute, he was dispossessed and Villa countered, with Ollie Watkins getting his toe to a cross and forcing a save from Jorgensen’s boot.—
Simon Johnson,
The Athletic,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Defenestrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defenestrate. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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