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The NFL does have the right to renegotiate with CBS before that opt-out due to the network’s transfer of ownership.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Rosmarin and the others had been informed by the captain of a hantavirus case during a meeting in a lounge "less than 24 hours before we were supposed to disembark the ship", he said.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Merkley acknowledged before the vote that the administration had "complicated" the issue by declaring the clock paused.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

As the market gets more concentrated around this trade, it has people drawing comparisons with March 2000, right before the dot-com bubble burst.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

He hadn’t lived here since before I was born.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith