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Adverb
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Detectives working on the case eventually concluded that all the scam calls were probably coming from one person as the events and methods of operation were almost identical each time.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
People.com,
19 Jan. 2025 -
In fact, exchanging letters with Sebastien probably came with more bad feelings than good ones.—
Sheila Heti,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
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But Biden leaves office on Jan. 20, and the recovery effort will likely sprawl for years to come.—
Julia Wick,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2025
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For some, that will likely prove a formidable deterrent; but others may seek out TikTok anyway.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
11 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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The internal struggle to remain strong for the family and community often leads to silently carrying emotional weight while outwardly uplifting others.—
Essence,
Essence,
10 Jan. 2025
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In the lawsuit, the trade groups say the new rule violates the Fair Credit Reporting Act, a law that outwardly permits consumer reporting agencies to report information about medical debt and authorizes creditors to consider that information.—
Annabella Rosciglione,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
8 Jan. 2025
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If the first court convicts him and issues a prison term, Yoon would serve that sentence as the case possibly moves up to the Seoul High Court and Supreme Court.—
Kim Tong-Hyung,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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TikTok Users and the Five Stages of Grief The reactions across what may possibly serve as the final week of the app's operations in the U.S. have shown every one of the five stages of grief, and on the final day before the shutdown, acceptance is setting in.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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Donald Trump and Mike Pence Shake Hands During First Interaction in Nearly 4 Years Pence also addressed his wife Karen, 68, apparently staring straight ahead and declining to acknowledge Trump and Melania in a seemingly tense moment that was caught on tape.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
12 Jan. 2025
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In their five years of knowing each other, this is the first time that Johnny Mac has been invited over to Thadeus’s apartment—though that, apparently, had not been enough to move Thadeus’s housekeeping hand.—
Han Ong,
The New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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Their agreeing to interfere came right after Trump spoke by phone with Alito, ostensibly about an applicant for an agency general counsel position that had been an Alito clerk.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
11 Jan. 2025
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December ostensibly marked a return to a more stable labor market after Southeast hurricanes and worker strikes hammered employment totals in October, leading to higher-than-normal payroll gains the following month.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
10 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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Even as seemingly innocuous a ban as the one the FDA is now instituting could face legal challenges from manufacturers.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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The movie, which will have its European premiere at the fest, revolves around a young father whose hold on reality crumbles as a seemingly malign presence begins to stalk him following the death of his wife.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
16 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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Nevertheless, she’s missed the connection slated to take her farther west, over the mountains to a place called Crooks Springs, where her husband is supposedly living, but possibly not waiting.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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This 21-feet-high wire mesh art installation has an eerie vibe, reflecting the hundreds-year-old legend of a ghost schooner that’s supposedly been seen floating in the strait separating Nova Scotia from Prince Edward Island.—
Jeanine Barone,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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