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Recent Examples of coastersThe park’s two existing coasters include the 2004 Revenge of the Mummy indoor coaster and the 2016 Flight of the Hippogriff outdoor kiddie coaster.—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
Box cutters, pocketknives, Swiss Army knives, and utility knives can cause a hold-up at security checkpoints, and you won’t be allowed to take them on the plane in your carry-on.
The vessel is the only active Coast Guard unit in Orange County and is one of seven cutters that operate in the Coast Guard’s Southern California fleet.
The packets of seeds are added to a sealable plastic bag or a jar with an air-tight lid.
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Brian Bell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Jan. 2026
In Hong Kong for example, married family members give red packets containing cash to children and teenagers, according to the Royal Museums Greenwich in London.
The cost of living has significantly increased, and one reason for that is the plummeting value of the country’s currency, which has led to an inability of merchants and traders to import goods from abroad.
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Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2026
Cryptocurrencies have gained a lot of traction recently, and part of what’s driving that is the fact that large-scale asset managers including BlackRock have expanded options for traders to invest in them, using equity-like formats, including ETFs.