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Wage pressures were muted overall except in healthcare and the skilled trades.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
The political formation enjoyed a heyday for a number of years before sinking into a glacial decline, its currency dwindling in most places except for Bluesky, where it still thrives.
From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026
The ticket matched all five numbers — 6, 47, 49, 53 and 60 — in Saturday night’s drawing, except the Powerball number of 6, according to Lottery officials.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
"This qualitative technique, invented and implemented at ISTA, is much like angiography in living tissues -- except that we are examining the micro-structure of a crystal," says Alpichshev.
From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026
All the birds, except the ravens, flew south and we would not see them again until spring.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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