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the more favorable condition or position in a competition a summer internship will stand you in good stead when applying to college
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Those that can’t will be bypassed—regardless of other advantages.—
Pandu Sjahrir, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026
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Changes to electoral rules, increasing executive branch control over the judiciary, media dominance and the use of state resources give the ruling party structural advantages.— Nick Spicer, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
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Bieber’s stage was large, roundish, and mostly bare, with a hilly ridge around the edges.— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
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For a bit more texture, cook until the edges of the whites are browned and crisp.— Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Apr. 2026
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The physical staging, featuring a rotating cube from set designer Martha Ginsberg, shows us the classroom from different vantages, bringing the play’s shifting perspective to three-dimensional life.— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
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Some, like Point Imperial, which offers vistas extending almost 100 miles to the north, had been all but surrounded by fire, which had obliterated many of the ponderosas that imbued these vantages with a sense of framing, scale and color.— New York Times, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
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