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The 2025 Grammys is turning up the volume with its slate of artists set to perform at the ceremony.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
24 Jan. 2025 -
The previous time the Chiefs played the Houston Texans, on Dec. 21, Clark turned up to support McCaffery, whose Bulldogs took on UConn.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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And when Vince Carter, the man of the hour, finally arrived for his jersey retirement news conference, everyone in attendance was treated to a trip down memory lane.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2025
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With every call, by the time the police arrive, the offending behavior has settled down — not that any of it could possibly justify what ultimately happened, when Lorincz introduced a firearm into the equation.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
25 Jan. 2025
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In the official trailer for the latest installment in the film franchise, Jurassic World Rebirth, the swimming and soaring dinosaurs encounter unfamiliar faces with Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, and Mahershala Ali show up hoping to extract DNA from the three largest predators on the island.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
5 Feb. 2025
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The mood is still a little tense when Grant shows up for the cocktail party.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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With an audience of that size, ad prices have reached a record, with a few ad spots reportedly selling for a record $8 million and even $8 million-plus for 30 seconds.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2025
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The company gained 35 million total monthly average users in Q4 — its highest-ever fourth quarter net adds — to reach 675 million at year-end, and paid subscribers grew by 11 million (matching the record gain in Q4 2019) to hit 263 million.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
4 Feb. 2025
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Gilbert's counter-comment draws on the show's real history of tackling difficult subject matter.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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Michael Hunter The designer draws on her background in architecture, design, and art history in her work, and the firm is often involved in every stage of a project, from architectural planning to finish selections, ensuring that the final product showcases a cohesive vision.—
Dan Howarth,
Architectural Digest,
30 Jan. 2025
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As Democrats on Capitol Hill and in blue states come up with counteroffensives, others on the political left at the grassroots level said advocacy groups will have to be more disciplined with raising awareness and picking strategic battles.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA TODAY,
2 Feb. 2025
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And bear in mind as well that USMCA reauthorization is coming up in the coming-up months and years.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 Feb. 2025
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Down 8-7 in a deciding tiebreak having been match point down in normal time, Keys hit an ace and an unreturned serve before claiming her own match point with a final big swing that Swiatek couldn’t return onto the court.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
25 Jan. 2025
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Holguin hit 4 of 7 of her 3-pointer attempts to help the Lightning finish with eight overall.—
Dan Albano,
Orange County Register,
25 Jan. 2025
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At the top of the list, Avira and McAfee Total Protection for Mac attained a perfect 100% detection rate.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
24 Jan. 2025
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One of the ways analytics-as-a-service is attained is through multimodal AI, leveraging multiple forms of AI, like computer vision, deep learning, machine learning or predictive analytics, to solve a problem.—
Carlos Melendez,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Waltz (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waltz%20%28up%29. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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