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• Kate has been spotted wearing her wedding band and refuses to take off the ring because she's "not ready" and was afraid it would "devastate" her kids, senior People editor —  NBC Los Angeles - News Top Stories
• Brazil is increasingly worried about the impacts of climate change and forest loss, which could devastate vast areas of farmland and put its energy supplies at risk. —  Rainforest Portal RSS Newsfeed
• Stephen Alambritis, of the Federation of Small Businesses, warned that high sickness rates could devastate already-struggling businesses. —  Home | Mail Online
• The speaker added that the community should make no mistake: a typhoon is brewing, packing a punch that will devastate Guam like it's never seen before, delivering a blow to Guam's already fragile state. —  KUAM.com - KUAM News
• A moment later, it occurred to me that the finale might just devastate-and educate-middle - and high-school-age audiences themselves only a little less naive than Bruno, who could do worse than have this earnest, well-made film be their first Holocaust drama. —  Miami New Times | Complete Issue

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