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“Carrie” is the fifth entry in a franchise based on Stephen King’s novel.

From Salon Sep. 4, 2026

The name of the app—Hugging Face—was a placeholder they had put on their application for the program, based on the title of their favorite emoji.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

The result highlights why extensive observations across multiple radio frequencies are important, since classifications based on a more limited set of radio measurements can produce misleading results.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

According to the internal affairs report, Flores claimed that at least one colleague, Shirley Burgos, had inappropriately disqualified candidates based on their appearance.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

“Yes, that’s the word. This hotelier brings him these parts. Now, this fence used to be a doctor, and he knows how to identify a skeleton’s sex based on, I don’t know, measurements.”

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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