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By the end of the 2025 season, Santa Margarita was 35 points better than its closest opponent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
A chorus of testimony from people who were once closest to Musk builds a profile of a megalomaniacal con artist.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
Azerbaijanis belong to a Turkic group of nations, speaking a language close to Turkish, and Turkey is its closest ally.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
The researchers found that its closest relatives included Madtsoia pisdurensis, a fossil snake from ancient India, and Gigantophis garstini, another large prehistoric snake known from North Africa.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
“Lizzie, stop this. I’m your older brother. Right now I’m the closest thing you’ve got to a parent. I’m telling you—you are not going anywhere!”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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