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Only instead of just peacefully apprehending opponents, Doncic’s super-competitive alter ego wants to smash them all under an array of increasingly rude step-back jumpers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
His work focuses on adapting medical care to the characteristics of individual patients instead of assuming that everyone will respond to the same treatment.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Plaid Cymru ministers favour burying cables underground instead.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
An index fund buys every stock in a benchmark such as the S&P 500 instead of picking winners, and an ETF is a fund that trades like a stock.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
Betsie by the very way she sat evoked a high-backed chair behind her and a carpet at her feet instead of this endless row of metal cots on a bare pine floor.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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