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The simmering antipathy between Galloway and Kaffee is crucial to the play’s ability to engross us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
The experienced Dawson saved their blushes though, starting with the crucial wicket of opener Avishka Fernando, who picked out Jacks on the boundary to break a second-wicket stand of 82.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
“It is crucial to learn how many may have CTE to ensure the medical community is prepared to support families fighting suspected CTE.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
This will be crucial, between long-dated Treasury yields hitting 24-year highs earlier this month, ongoing U.S. funding needs and the $2 trillion budget deficit.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
The mapping of the moon, beginning with van Langren in 1645, provided a crucial precedent for eponymic naming, helping to transfer it from geography to astronomy.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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