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Josh Becker, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
The stark divisions in the country often played out just feet apart at Michigan precincts.
—Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 22 Feb. 2023
Redistricting efforts is intended to create similar-sized regions for Washington’s representatives while also splitting apart cities, counties and related communities as little as possible.
—Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 28 July 2021
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Families were split apart, often with no process to verify citizenship status or honor the dignity of individuals who had called this country home for generations.
—Josh Becker, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
The stark divisions in the country often played out just feet apart at Michigan precincts.
—Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
Adjective
Could the dark energy that’s accelerating the expansion of the universe eventually rend apart spacetime?
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 22 Feb. 2023
Redistricting efforts is intended to create similar-sized regions for Washington’s representatives while also splitting apart cities, counties and related communities as little as possible.
—Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 28 July 2021
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The young man is resentful at being stuck on some nowhere planet rather than being where the action is on Coruscant.Noel Murray, Vulture, 10 July 2024
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With nowhere to go, the pair decide to set about, with only £115 ($150) in their pockets, walking the South West Coast Path — a 630-mile stretch.Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024
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The rain Sunday will follow systems that dropped some rain on the region Monday, a bit less on Wednesday and a couple of isolated cells — a quarter-inch on Mount Diablo; about fifteen-hundredths of an inch in Dublin, five-hundredths of an inch in Oakland — on Thursday.Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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And because the two isolated genes are found in many other plant species, similar genetic editing may help improve other agricultural staples in the future.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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Beryl is pummeling many outlying areas of Houston that had already been hit by May’s severe thunderstorms, which led to flooding bad enough that 400 people had to be rescued.Saul Elbein, The Hill, 8 July 2024
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For the first time in modern history, such a vast deportation effort is no longer an outlying opinion but a mainstream stance in American politics.Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Villa Avellana Who Stays There: Tech entrepreneurs, bank CEOs, music producers, and entertainers The Property: A modern, teak-and-glass villa on a secluded cove with red land crabs, white egrets, and turtle nests.Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
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Loreto, Mexico, is a secluded town on the Baja Peninsula known for its natural beauty and tranquility.Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2024
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Dunkin' is offering all active and retired military a free doughnut of choice while supplies last in-store only.Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 11 Nov. 2024
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Happy Joe’s: All retired and active-duty military get a free lunch smorgasbord or a free small 2-topping pizza (plus a free drink) on Monday.Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2024
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Louisville Pizza Week returns Nov. 11-17 with almost a dozen restaurants offering their take on pizza, from signature pies to secret menu specialties and more, all for $10.Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
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The movie shows Carville on his daily round of calls with his secret Democratic think tank of smart, connected journalists and operatives who have been talking every day since the early ’90s.Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
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Conservatorship is an odd legal place for any organization to reside for an extended period—with a third party (in this case FHFA) in operational control.Doug Criscitello, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Behind layers of clothes, underwear, CDs, records, and other odd items and products for sale, Sean Carter oversees the store from behind the counter.Julian Roberts-Grmela, SPIN, 20 Nov. 2024
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The Hurricanes reside on top of their conference table with an away ACC tilt in Atlanta this Saturday against Georgia Tech.David Close, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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With Real Madrid’s away game against Valencia postponed due to the catastrophic flooding in the region, a win would see Flick’s squad open up a nine-point lead at the top of the league table.Henry Flynn, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Apart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apart. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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