The Cook Political Report recently shifted Texas into its toss-up category, from a race considered to lean Republican.
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Cory Smith,
Baltimore Sun,
31 Aug. 2026
From their second year onward, the prizes shifted their focus to unusual but authentic research, both in response to criticism and to establish greater credibility.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Aug. 2026
Medical experts say the uproar has diverted focus from an exploding public health threat.
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Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Aug. 2026
Tax allocation districts are designated areas where a certain amount of property tax revenue growth is diverted away from governments and used to fund specific improvements within that district.
Russia’s war in Ukraine has brought on new threats, from Ukrainian cyber, drone, and missile attacks on space industry infrastructure to personnel and funding redirected from the Russian space program to support the war effort.
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Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
2 Sep. 2026
Time saved that is never redirected becomes organizational slack, and slack is invisible in financial statements.
They would have been averted if the two sides reached a trade deal, but Canada's negotiators left Washington empty-handed on Friday evening.
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Kevin Breuninger,Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
24 Aug. 2026
However, when the camera reached Omri Shiff, a hurdler from Israel, both anchors inexplicably averted their attention to another participant who was apparently taking too long to get set.
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