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16
sentences that state something as happening or true
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0 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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The News
SELMA, Texas — James Talarico and Ken Paxton are both attacking one another as outsiders more beholden to California than Texas in the closing days of their competitive Senate race.
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Talarico → attack → race
Onstage at a Paxton rally at a dance hall in the San Antonio suburbs, retiring Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who’d briefly considered a House run in Texas, told the crowd: “I’m from California, known for our technology, but we’re also known for fruits and nuts and flakes.
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we → retire → fruits
“California has two senators; it doesn’t need a third from here,” added Paxton.
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Paxton → have → third
The next day, in a packed nightclub in San Antonio, Talarico accused Paxton, who partially grew up in the Golden State, of being the real Californian: “Ken Paxton is not one of us.
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Paxton → pack → us
He’s not even from Texas.
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He → ’ → Texas
He’s from California, just like Elon Musk.”
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He → ’ → Musk
With the midterms about a week away, economic issues are still front and center for both candidates as war-fueled inflation continues to bite.
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inflation → fuel → candidates
Talarico and Paxton both acknowledged the impact of high prices on voters at their events over the weekend, though Paxton hasn’t publicly put much distance between himself and President Donald Trump.
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Paxton → acknowledge → himself
Paxton said voters throughout the state were “telling me the same thing: Everything costs more.
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Everything → say → more
Gas, groceries, the electric bill, everything’s up except our paychecks
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everything → ’ → paychecks
He floated tax deductions for medical bills, new home purchases, or healthy living decisions (like prescription GLP-1 drugs) as a way to relieve financial burdens.
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He → float → burdens
Talarico, on the other hand, tried to link cost-of-living issues to alleged corruption by Republicans like Paxton.
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Talarico → try → Paxton
“This election is about whether you want a senator who’s going to put money in your pocket or who puts money in their own,” he said.
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he → want → own
Democrats are cautiously optimistic about the race as polling shows Talarico narrowly ahead, though many are still smarting from Beto O’Rourke’s close loss in 2018 to Sen. Ted Cruz.
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many → show → Cruz
Ronnie Smith, 66, of Schertz, Texas, was among the more than 1,000 people that the Talarico campaign said attended his San Antonio rally with actress Eva Longoria.
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campaign → say → Longoria
Smith told Semafor he’d been a lifelong Republican until Trump ran in 2016, and believed things were “looking more positive” for Talarico, though he was still “apprehensive” about the outcome.
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he → tell → outcome
The Aporia
