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“I don’t think you can be leaving these Games without being inspired,” she said.

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Eboigbodin also can make free throws, so when opponents foul him, he can take advantage.

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It was one of several jabs that could be heard if one listened closely enough.

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It still can be overwhelming if she looks at all the vitriol aimed her way online, she said, but “off the internet, it’s a completely different story.”

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“Residents are rightfully fed up. We cannot allow inoperable, abandoned vehicles to become a permanent fixture of our streetscape. Nor can we enable ‘vanlords’ to exploit the homeless,” she said in a statement.

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