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Noun
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Many states beefed up staffing during the COVID-19 pandemic, shifting workers from other parts of state unemployment agencies to customer service, but moved them back to their old positions as the spike in applications ebbed, Traub said.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025 -
The Biden administration stopped processing IDR applications in August 2024, allowing a backlog of 1.9 million application forms to build up.—
Preston Cooper,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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The ending sense of consciousness limbo that has capped off so many other sci-fi stories may seem like an extra unnecessary layer of doom.—
Steve Greene,
IndieWire,
12 Apr. 2025
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Too much stress, trauma or some devastating life event and all the emotions that have been stuffed down start to knock at the door of consciousness.—
Jessica DuLong,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2025
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But the once-inconceivable consideration of tax increases underscores the tricky task that Republicans have in meeting competing demands from fiscal hawks, moderates and tax slashers for the ambitious party-line bill — as well as the rise of populist instincts in the party.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
17 Apr. 2025
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Suddenly, race isn’t a consideration in the celebration of a player who was, for years, excluded from Major League Baseball because of his race.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2025
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Even Julian Hector, former head of the BBC Studios Natural History Unit, called it the most influential Attenborough program in terms of conservation awareness.—
Boutayna Chokrane,
Wired News,
22 Apr. 2025
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The original Ice Bucket Challenge made a huge splash in 2014, as everyday people, celebrities, famous athletes, tech CEOs and politicians got tubs of ice water dumped on their heads to increase awareness of the progressive neurodegenerative disease ALS and raise funds to battle it.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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These videos present an unattainable life American society has been obsessed with fitness and beauty for decades, but for much of that time, such preoccupations were considered unmasculine, writes historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 2025
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But Francis is no longer Bergoglio, and Hope makes clear that his preoccupations are now global, as is his congregation.—
Federico Perelmuter,
The Dial,
13 Mar. 2025
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In terms of design, the waterfall look of the nightstands fits into today’s obsession with midcentury modern, and the curved effect makes the room feel that much more soft and relaxed.—
Bryce Jones,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Apr. 2025
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There's a flip side to this national obsession, however.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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Performing across two consecutive weekends, people in their finest festival wear gather to dance in the open field, hold their barricade spot secure for the night’s headliner and possibly discover their next musical fixation.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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The fixation started even before the movie’s April 4 release, according to the website Know Your Meme.—
Esther Zuckerman,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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