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Where heat domes are hitting hardest in 2026 This summer’s extreme heat is not isolated to one region.
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First isolated in the 1940s by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, plutonium has been widely used to build nuclear arsenals by multiple countries.
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With its genetic material segregated at either pole, one cell can safely become two, born from a microscopic tug-of-war.
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The organizers refused to stop at cities that insisted on segregating crowds.
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One after another, Kyle Tucker and Dalton Rushing broke up their offensive slumps with home runs.
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To break up the color, add a pair of black suede flip-flops.
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Your father strides into the dining room, harried, shiny black hair parted to one side, his fingers buttoning the cuffs of his starched white collared shirt.
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The series recently parted ways with creator Chad Feehan.
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By 58% to 42%, those surveyed said Americans were mostly separated by different values, not bound by shared ones.
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De la Espriella strikes reassuring tone With only a few hundred thousand votes separating the two candidates, De la Espriella used his victory speech to try to calm his critics.
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“Split (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/split%20%28up%29. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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