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From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
Police have released body camera footage showing Tiger Woods after he clipped a truck and rolled his car in Florida last month.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
In footage shared earlier this week, Woods told officers that he was briefly distracted by his phone before he clipped the trailer of a vehicle in front of him.
From Salon • Apr. 2, 2026
Woods was arrested after his SUV clipped a trailer being pulled by a pickup truck on Jupiter Island, Florida, near his home.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
The senators read newspapers, jumped up and down opening and closing doors and windows, gazed at the ceiling, sharpened pencils, clipped their fingernails, stretched, and yawned.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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