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To recite the history of Winged Foot is to parade through a veritable vocabulary list of mishaps and misreads — a mashup of bad things that happen to good people when a golf course isn't set up so much to identify the best player as to humble him. Eddie Pells, Star Tribune, "Golfers, give thanks! How Winged Foot gifted us the mulligan," 16 Sep. 2020

Mexican cartels have a veritable monopoly on the supply of heroin to the U.S., where thousands of people have died from overdoses. Michael Smith, Bloomberg.com, "Avantor Stops Sale of Chemical in Mexico Used to Make Heroin," 15 Sep. 2020

While 2020 has been a veritable festival for the financing vehicle, with over $32 billion raised so far, some venture capitalists that Term Sheet has spoken to have voiced doubts about the structure. Lucinda Shen, Fortune, "A SPAC courts Airbnb," 3 Sep. 2020

Sandy River Delta is a veritable playground for dogs, who can explore rivers, meadows and forests – amenities that don’t come with your run-of-the-mill dog park. oregonlive, "Sandy River Delta is a park for people, playground for dogs near Columbia Gorge," 29 Aug. 2020

Over six years ago, the veritable first couple of design (sorry, Chip and Jo), Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent, tied the knot. Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, "A Brief Timeline of Nate Berkus & Jeremiah Brent's Relationship," 28 Aug. 2020

Will John Durham flip a wannabe fixer like Eric Clinesmith to snare the principles in the veritable coup to destroy Trump? Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, "Ten 2020 Issues, Policies, Personalities — and Chance," 18 Aug. 2020

The Bulldogs get a veritable layup in Week 1 at Arkansas, but things get serious with Auburn coming to Athens in Week 2. Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, "Ranking the 2020 SEC football schedules, from most- to least-difficult," 18 Aug. 2020

The coronavirus crisis has led to a veritable gold rush (and what some may call an arms race) in the biopharmaceutical industry. Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, "Why Covaxx thinks it has a COVID-19 vaccine game-changer on its hands," 27 Aug. 2020

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