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Considerations like superstar or rookie, home team or visitors, the fourth quarter versus the first, closing minutes or seconds of a game, regular season versus the playoffs should not matter.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

"We saw significant differences in the death rates using insecticide alone versus the insecticide plus pinene," said Choe.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

But there were misunderstandings about what might be normal in Europe versus what we have to follow in terms of being a U.S. public company.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

And a 1997 report from the outlet quoted a VideoScan stat indicating 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment’s colorized version of Shirley Temple’s “Heidi” sold 1.2 million copies versus 46,000 of its black-and-white version.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

Once the debate was framed as an issue of women’s rights versus African American rights, the arguments used by some female suffragists became increasingly elitist.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling