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In 2006 Julian Assange founded this secret-busting group, much in the news in later years |
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In 2020 Dominic Thiem completed a comeback to win this event & became the first new male Grand Slam winner in 6 years |
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To defeat, or to hit repeatedly like a drum |
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The first vegetables called potatoes were actually what we now call these "potatoes" |
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Michael Chabon's novel "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" has this country collapsing in 1948 & refugees moving to Sitka, Alaska |
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Used by U.S. Marines in World War II, the "Alligator" was an AAV, this type of assault vehicle capable of moving on land & water |
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Uprisings in 2011 in Egypt & Libya were hallmarks of this pro-democracy "season" |
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In 2014, 2015 & 2019 Novak Djokovic defeated this Swiss player in the Wimbledon final |
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To smooth metal with a tool, or to put a document in its proper place |
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When the kernels are not removed, corn is described with this 3-word prepositional phrase |
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Michael Morpurgo takes readers on a trip down the yellow brick road as seen through the eyes of this title canine |
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In a Persian legend 18,000-foot Mount Damavand, not Mount Ararat, is given as the resting place of this |
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In 2003 billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky made the mistake of criticizing this leader, who then locked him up |
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This 5-letter word means an extended exchange of strokes before a point |
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To inspect a place as a preliminary to robbery |
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Before "polishing" began, most of the rice people ate was this color variety; now the term is used for a "whole grain" type |
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In 2020 this actor released the memoir "No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality" |
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The Shetland Islands' Up Helly Aa Festival celebrates the heritage of these seafarers with the burning of a dragon ship |
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After being trapped in a cave for more than 2 weeks in 2018, 12 boys & their soccer coach were rescued in this country |
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At the 2012 French Open, this Russian completed her career slam |
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To portion out food, or to gossip |
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Due to the emergence of the vodka type, the original martini now has this liquor in front |
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"Dragon Teeth", published after his 2008 death, returned to the world of paleontology |
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Able to launch on land or sea, the first hovercrafts were made to travel this narrow arm of the Atlantic |
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In 2008 scientists ran the first experiments using this device, considered the biggest machine ever built |
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Teams representing different nations vie for this trophy named for its donor |
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To stride up & down, or to set the speed of a race |
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The black type of this is the original type made from a plant; the "black" part was added when candy like Twizzlers came along |
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"The Black Echo" & "The Black Ice" are books by Michael Connelly featuring this maverick LAPD detective |
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In this German director's classic 1982 film "Fitzcarraldo", a boat is dragged through the Amazon jungle |
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