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In India, workers described being forced into excessive overtime to rush final orders before additional tariffs kicked in, then getting laid off anyway.—
Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 28 Apr. 2026
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Pride kicked in a little bit in the second period and the B’s finally spent a little time in the Sabres zone, especially late in the period.— Stephen Conroy, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
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Their 10-year-old daughter has already pitched in to help welcome her brothers home.— Ryan Brennan April 29, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
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Candidates have also pitched in their own money.— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
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Ryan Beaumont chipped in with six kills and four blocks, while Hunter Fash contributed five kills and four blocks.— Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
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Evan Bouchard and Leon Draisaitl chipped in two assists apiece.— Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
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The oversized gift was presented on April 28 in Washington, DC, during King Charles III and Queen Camilla's four‑day state visit to the United States.— Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
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But when later presented an actual bowl of chocolates, the dieters consumed less of it than non-dieters.— Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
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The prize fund rate is the benchmark used by National Savings & Investments to set the number of prizes to be given away each month.— Marc Shoffman, TheWeek, 16 Apr. 2026
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Videos online show long lines stretching across the parking lots of participating Popeyes locations in six cities across the country, where a limited number of collectible bento boxes were given away for free with the purchase of the Popeyes Luffy Bento Bundle meal.— Julia Gomez, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
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So far, roughly 40 firms have donated to the project, including Amazon, Apple, Booz Allen Hamilton, Coinbase, Google, Lockheed Martin, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, Palantir, and Ripple Labs.— Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 28 Apr. 2026
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Books will be available for sale, with 10% of proceeds donated to the Pompano Beach Friends of the Library.— Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
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On offense, role players such as Gavin Sheets, Luis Campusano and Ty France have provided timely impact; in FanGraphs’ definition of high-leverage situations, the Padres rank first in OPS and wRC+.— Dennis Lin, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
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Instead, scandals have provided rolling revelations of a general unseriousness.— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
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Two emergency medical technicians who were on board as passengers volunteered to assist, working alongside flight attendants and crew members to deliver the baby mid-flight, news outlet KOIN 6 reported.— Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
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Dozens of people in the area have volunteered to help clear tree branches off lawns and fix other property damage at the homes of their elderly neighbors.— Samuel O’Neal April 27, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Thrown in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/thrown%20in. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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