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The statement suggests that the patient’s liver enzymes were elevated, which often indicates damage to cells in the organ and is an issue that has been linked to some other obesity drugs.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2025 -
The digital evidence indicates he was swept out to sea while attempting to launch one last lifeboat, which matches the account of survivor and second officer Charles Lightoller.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
14 Apr. 2025
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Headlights, as the name implies, point forward on your bike and are designed to illuminate your path.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Apr. 2025
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The effort, still in its earliest stages, is designed to dream up a new future for 324 acres of land — including the fairgrounds and two adjacent sites — that will be realized in full, as the name implies, in 2050.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2025
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This remarkable improvement—from struggling with even the simplest fixes to successfully handling nearly three-quarters of the set of real-world coding tasks—suggests AI systems are rapidly gaining the ability to understand and modify complex software projects.—
Garrison Lovely,
TIME,
8 Jan. 2025
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Our research suggests that current efforts to increase women’s participation focus too heavily on elite schools.—
Joseph Cimpian,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2025
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The complaint mentions several songs and videos from Swift's albums Lover, Folklore, Midnights and The Tortured Poets Department.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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Archaeologists also uncovered two inscriptions at the site, one that mentions the name of the head of the gymnasium, and the other that appears to reference renovations funded by a citizen and donated to Hermes and Heracles, according to researchers.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2025
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Stocked with championship experience from his days as an assistant with Milwaukee and Boston, Lee intends on doing things his way.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Mar. 2025
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When weather conditions allow, an archaeologist intends to conduct a metal detector survey of the area, seeking further discoveries.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Hints (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hints%20%28at%29. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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