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Rose understood the pattern that had defined the younger Brunson’s basketball life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
The early years of QSI were defined by aggressive spending.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Together, these mechanisms helped create the larger and more persistent Antarctic ice sheets that later defined Earth's ice age cycles.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
A salary cap would offer owners the cost certainty — 50% of industry revenue, however that might be defined, would go to players — that limits financial risk in ownership.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
She refused, over and over, to give any single person her devotion, preferring instead to make a home for herself that she defined on her own terms, and of which she was master.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
