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Because the locus coeruleus contains many of these receptors, the researchers investigated whether they play a particularly important role in controlling pain there.
From Science Daily β Aug. 27, 2026
There’s no doubt that we still don’t know how this all will play out.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 27, 2026
Now with at least six more European fixtures to play this season, former Hearts player Ryan Stevenson believes the club will have to recruit.
From BBC β Aug. 26, 2026
Simpson will play against the Chargers, McVay said, and also aimed to provide Matthew Caldwell, an undrafted free agent from Texas, his first opportunity.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 26, 2026
I’ve seen him play piano during school concerts; it gave me goose bumps.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
DeLorenzo included “Enemy” on a long list of plays he was interested in when the Odyssey asked him what he’d like to do next.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 26, 2026
Leah Byrne, who plays DC Rose Dickson, says the show is "very unashamedly Scottish".
From BBC β Aug. 26, 2026
Its follow-up, “Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love,” received an Emmy nomination and netted a hit for country singer Jennifer Nettles, who plays Parton’s mother in the films.
From Salon β Aug. 26, 2026
He still plays, he says, around twice a week, a little more if an exhibition’s coming up.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 25, 2026
“This is the song I slow danced to in eighth grade,” he says before he plays the song.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
In doing so, early insects may have played an important part in the development and increasing complexity of Paleozoic land ecosystems.
From Science Daily β Aug. 27, 2026
Carragher, who played for Liverpool between 1996 and 2013, regularly appears on Sky Sports' Premier League coverage, the Stick To Football show and CBS Sports' Champions League programming.
From BBC β Aug. 27, 2026
Dots surfaced in her childhood hallucinations, she said, and they played a dominant role in her work.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 27, 2026
Never humorless, Curry played the ruthlessly villainous Cardinal Richelieu in the 1993 adaptation of “The Three Musketeers.”
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 26, 2026
She played rowdy games as a little girl.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
“I want to give them their own playing field to create and make their visions come to life with affordable stages.”
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 27, 2026
But the company wants to create a level playing field in the industry so that teens don’t migrate to competing apps.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 27, 2026
Further Tony nominations came his way for My Favorite Year in 1993, then in 2005 for playing King Arthur in Monty Python musical Spamalot.
From BBC β Aug. 26, 2026
Beyond food and everyday products, the boycott is also playing out in tourism.
From Barron's β Aug. 26, 2026
I would normally be in a rehearsal room playing, but Rue is missing Black Alliance so she can take me out to eat for my birthday.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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