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as in intimately
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as in commonly
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As the report highlighted, culture wars are about both sides attempting to impose their will by personally insulting others who hold opposing viewpoints, seeking ways to cancel the social and professional lifestyles of others, and preventing others from participating in public debates.—
Eric Wood,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025 -
The day before, Cynthia Erivo personally congratulated Adell at the 36th Annual GLAAD Media Awards.—
Taylor Crumpton,
Essence,
14 Apr. 2025
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His process usually begins the same way: examining the release language tucked near the end of the agreement, where the list of parties shielded from liability appears.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Ryan Reynolds, who moonlights as co-owner of Welsh soccer club Wrexham A.F.C., turned up alongside super-creator Taylor Sheridan (whose own athletics usually involve cattle), NBA investor Mark Cuban and former Obama commerce secretary Penny Prtizker.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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More Americans generally said the government is doing too little on the environment when a Republican administration leads than during a Democratic presidency.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
17 Apr. 2025
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Most lawmakers have been generally supportive of Trump's policies since his return to the White House, but Murkowski has been more willing to break from the party.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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The dual-class effect: Meta as a case study In a standard single-class structure – where voting power tracks the amount of company equity a shareholder owns – someone seeking total control of a company must ordinarily spend a lot of money buying up shares, which also means assuming a lot of risk.—
Gregory H. Shill,
The Conversation,
8 Apr. 2025
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Led by Marcel Malanga's father, Christian Malanga, a Congolese political exile who ordinarily lived in Utah, the group of men attacked the home of a senior Congolese politician on May 19, 2024, before invading Kinshasa's sprawling presidential complex.—
NPR's International Desk,
NPR,
8 Apr. 2025
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The Roman Catholic Church has about 1.3 billion members worldwide, and papal funerals typically draw millions of mourners to Rome.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Then official documents are filled out, the new pope is fitted with papal attire — there are typically three sets of garments at the ready — and the news is announced to the public.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Familiarly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/familiarly. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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