Messi collapsed to the turf as his teammates, delirious, ran to hug him.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Oct. 2026
Jim Bakker, the pioneering TV evangelist who became a symbol of the glitz and greed of the 1980s when his PTL empire near Charlotte collapsed amid scandals, died Monday.
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Melissa Rodriguez,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Oct. 2026
The two once presented a live demo minutes after a computer cloud crash wiped out their materials, winning anyway after Andreou pitched the product entirely from memory.
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Sebastian Herrera,
Fortune,
27 June 2026
Widespread flooding across Kentucky has left at least four dead Saturday, prompting dozens of rescues after heavy rains wiped out bridges, inundated roads and flooded homes, with more significant rainfall on the way.
This is different to me than, say, a re-creation of the Eiffel Tower being plopped into Las Vegas, which is preying on replication as generic spectacle.
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Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Sep. 2026
In the comics, Battleworld stitched together all the different worlds and plopped every hero and their variants into a new universe.
The neighborhood/area A mile and a half away lies the pretty village of Lyndhurst, with its tourist-coaxing fudge shops and pubs, and a Ferrari dealer plonked incongruously among the red brick and timber quaintness.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Oct. 2026
Op de Beeck seemed right at home plunked on one of his polyester Chesterfields, observing the artisans quietly assembling leather goods beyond the bamboo.
His penchant for the audacious was on display in 2024 when Puigdemont suddenly appeared in Barcelona, gave a public speech and slipped through the police’s grip.
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Joseph Wilson,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Oct. 2026
The father lifted the child to check out the hotel's waterpark visible from a window when the boy somehow slipped and tumbled 12 meters (about 40 feet), falling to his death.
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