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Verb
The meeting where energy drops when a certain person walks in.—
David Salerno,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2026 Social media users can visit Aldi's Instagram page to see which theme drops next.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
23 June 2026 The latest iteration of the popular video game drops Thursday, but EA has already released its complete game rankings.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
30 June 2026 Part thriller, part horror experience and part interactive film, Unhinged drops players into the middle of a Category 5 hurricane bearing down on South Carolina.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
30 June 2026 On all four platforms, the SecureLine VPN offers a kill switch to prevent accidental transmission of unprotected data if the VPN connection drops.—
Neil J. Rubenking,
PC Magazine,
24 June 2026 The capsule collection drops on July 30 on Lacoste’s Europe e-commerce, at Lacoste flagships in Paris and London, and Lacoste stores in racing capitals Le Mans and Monaco.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
29 June 2026 Market Memories drops June 26 and will be available at the Davis Farmers Market and Davis Food Coop, UC Davis stores, Ace Hardware and other locations.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
26 June 2026 Continue reading … DEEP POCKETS — Joe Rogan drops bombshell claim about who targeted his podcast during pandemic.—FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Noun
When flow drops, fluid and waste accumulate in your tissues and the effects show up all over your body.—
Allison Palmer,
Charlotte Observer,
29 June 2026 But more drops for computer chip companies weighed on indexes.—ABC News,
3 July 2026 Mix a few drops of dish soap with warm water before applying the solution to your cabinets with a clean microfiber cloth.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
5 July 2026 In between the magnums of rosé that were flowing, main sponsor Starbucks kept the energy up all weekend with exclusive drink drops.—
Kathryn Hopkins,
Footwear News,
6 July 2026 Puma and Adidas have both expanded flagship race-week takeovers, using premium London retail real estate to anchor performance fashion drops and team merchandise launches.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2026 Tesla’s results – which came in above expectations – indicate the company may be recovering after two straight years of annual sales drops and the removal EV tax credits in the US, which has lowered the incentive for prospective American buyers.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
3 July 2026 Several northbound lanes of I-5 were closed north of Templin Highway as fire vehicles staged on the highway and multiple firefighting helicopters performed water drops from above, according to social media posts from the Angeles National Forest.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
7 July 2026 Jeanine Santucci The iconic Times Square ball in New York City made a special appearance for eight drops from July 3 to July 4 to celebrate the United States' 250th anniversary.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
4 July 2026
Dexter grapples with killing her, but Rudy eventually can’t handle Dexter’s hesitance and takes the knife into his own hands—and nearly plunges it into Debra’s chest before Dexter stops him.
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EW Staff,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 June 2026
In six parts, The American Revolution, directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt, plunges us into the momentous war that led to the nation’s founding.
Santorini stops being only a view and starts behaving like a place again.
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Noel Burgess,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Workforce needs, customer expectations, and business conditions evolve, and leaders have to be willing to adjust if the model stops delivering results.
The lesson is that Beijing rarely abandons strategically important objectives once they become embedded in national planning documents and long-term competition strategy.
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Dewardric L. McNeal,
CNBC,
28 June 2026
Cue a whole host of dodgy deals and shady string-pulling, not to mention an extramarital affair, as the entirely fictional — but no doubt true to life — character abandons any sense of morality.
Men leaders can pay attention to and be mindful of who in the workplace may be playing more of an emotional support role that falls outside their job description.
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Holly Corbett,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Royal Week falls ahead of Prince Harry's upcoming trip to the United Kingdom.
To combat bots, Ticketmaster, the primary ticketing platform for many concerts, blocks automated software, identifies and shuts down fake accounts and cancels orders that violate its policies.
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Sydney Goh,
CNBC,
27 June 2026
If your airline cancels your flight, request a cash refund.
The state’s Holocaust Education Bill, passed in 1994, requires every school district to teach the Holocaust with the explicit aim of building tolerance, nurturing democratic values, and confronting what indifference produces.
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Masha Pearl,
Sun Sentinel,
5 July 2026
Scan your face, train your voice on a few prompts, write (or accept a brand’s) creative brief, and the content produces itself.
Springtown takes edge in 7-4A race, downs Decatur Springtown got the inside track on the District 7-4A championship after beating Decatur 4-2 in 8 innings on Monday night at Decatur High School.
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Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Apr. 2026
Greene downs it, throws the kid his jersey, smiles, and all is right with the world.
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Debby Wolfinsohn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Feb. 2026
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