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Today's NYT Strands hints are easy if you're not steady.

Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game, requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an answer. There's



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Part of Industry's brilliance is its capacity for reinvention. In Seasons 3 and 4, HBO's finance thriller shook up its own formula: Widening its scope, experimenting with form, and even getting rid of Pierpoint and Co. entirely. But even with these shakeups in mind, nothing could have prepared me for the haunting ghost story at the center of Season 4, episode 2, "The Commander and the Grey Lady."

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The NYT Connections puzzle today is not too difficult to solve if you love money.

Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and


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Troy Smothers was a sergeant when he separated from the US Marine Corps. Before that, he served in Ukraine for a short time, later returning after the war began to assist its troops with fiber optic drones.
  • Troy Smothers deployed with the USMC to Ukraine in 2005 to train its infantry to NATO standards.
  • By necessity, many Ukrainians are skilled at fixing electronics and keeping aging

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In my early 30s, I was working long hours as the editor in chief of a magazine, juggling deadlines and the looming "should we have kids?" question — all while feeling completely wrung out. I drafted a resignation email.

When my boss called me in, she surprised me: "Take some time off," she said. "Come back to manage a new launch later this year."

My plan for a year off


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