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Down in the count to Kevin Gausman, Alonso drove a 95 mph fastball, low and off the plate, over the right field fence.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025 -
Footage also captured the woman being stuck on the fence as emergency services worked to extract her.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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The supply lines of this opioid stretch from Chinese labs to Mexican cartels and (via smugglers who are mostly American) to consumers in the U.S.—
Andreas Kluth,
The Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2025
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According to the government’s sentencing memorandum, Tin aided and abetted turtle smugglers in the U.S. from February 2018 to June 2023.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2025
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His death reportedly was the result of a dispute with a bootlegger.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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Childhood friends, Costello and Genovese thrived as bootleggers during Prohibition and rose to the upper ranks of the mob.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
21 Mar. 2025
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Gold, a traditional safe haven asset, is up around 15% so far this year as traders and central banks buy it to hedge against economic and geopolitical uncertainties.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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How the stock market has changed since Election Day The downturn since mid-February is in stark contrast to the 4.5% run-up in the S&P 500 following Trump's election when traders predicted his administration would usher in more business-friendly policies.—
Jim Sergent,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2025
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Searchlight dropped the project following Majors’ legal troubles; the Sundance darling was later picked up by Oscar-winning distributor Tom Ortenberg via his Briarcliff Entertainment.—
Pamela McClintock,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Mar. 2025
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Hooper couldn’t find a distributor until Warren Skaaren, then head of the Texas Film Commission, pointed him in the direction of the Bryanston Distributing Company, which took global rights.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
21 Mar. 2025
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But the changes put concessionaires on the clock, too.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The last time the Rays changed concessionaires, the vetting, planning and implementing took a year and a half.—
Chad Jennings,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Ashley manages a team responsible for winning and growing co-brand partnerships across key merchant verticals including travel, retail, every day spend and digital.—
Ashley McGrail,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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While the technology giants all rely on a healthy ecosystem of creators, merchants and influencers to generate content for their sites, changes to their revenue-sharing agreements or algorithms can be devastating.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2025
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James Cecil, a local auctioneer in Hobbs for decades, was a patient of Dr. Cook back then.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2025
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Customers trying to get their hands on one of these eye-catching designer bags often have to scour third-party retailers or auctioneers such as Sotheby's.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Scalper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scalper. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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