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      <news:title>Marta Kostyuk Will Not Break</news:title>
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      <news:title>Croatia Is Ready To Keep The Good Times Rolling</news:title>
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      <news:title>Aryna Sabalenka Turns In A Textbook Meltdown At The French Open</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-06-03T16:54:47Z</lastmod>
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    <lastmod>2026-06-03T15:24:39Z</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Mexico Can&amp;#039;t Let This Chance Slip By</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-06-03T14:58:52Z</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Punk-Ass Loser Nick Bilton Fires Scott Pelley For Daring To Ask Him Questions</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-06-03T14:43:14Z</lastmod>
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      <news:title>I Finally Understand Why I&amp;#039;m Obsessed With &amp;#039;Love Island&amp;#039;</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-06-03T14:02:21Z</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Atlantic Writer&amp;#039;s Son Offers Bold Advice To Democrats: Pretend To Be A Sports Moron</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-06-03T15:21:12Z</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Vegas Squeezed The Canes And Got The Juice</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-06-02T20:34:57Z</lastmod>
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      <news:title>There Are More Brendan Sorsbys To Come</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-06-02T21:47:22Z</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Jonas Vingegaard Rides Free</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-06-02T18:02:35Z</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Colombia&amp;#039;s Almost Too Old For This Shit</news:title>
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    <loc>https://defector.com/one-must-imagine-sisyphus-dunking-with-hanif-abdurraqib</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-06-02T18:18:24Z</lastmod>
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      <news:title>One Must Imagine Sisyphus Dunking, With Hanif Abdurraqib</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-06-02T21:56:32Z</lastmod>
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      <news:title>There&amp;#039;s No Such Thing As An Inevitable Team In The NBA</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-06-02T19:06:05Z</lastmod>
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      <news:title>It&amp;#039;s Nice To Meet You. &amp;#039;The Patty Duke Show&amp;#039; Has Fundamentally Changed Me As A Person</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-06-02T18:37:54Z</lastmod>
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      <news:title>A Non-Exhaustive List Of Things That Happened To Me Last Week </news:title>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://defector.com/let-birds-masturbate</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-06-02T19:15:37Z</lastmod>
    <news:news>
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      <news:title>Let Birds Masturbate</news:title>
      <news:publication_date>2026-06-02T14:44:13Z</news:publication_date>
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    <loc>https://defector.com/beam-teams-esteemed-dreams-once-deemed-reamed-now-redeemed-with-new-regimes</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-06-02T16:00:37Z</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Beam Team&amp;#039;s Esteemed Dreams Once Deemed Reamed, Now Redeemed With New Regimes</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-06-02T15:52:03Z</lastmod>
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      <news:title>How Did A C-Tier WWE Guy From Germany Become One Of The Most Popular Luchadores In Mexico?</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-06-01T21:21:51Z</lastmod>
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      <news:title>What The Fuck Are The Rams Doing?</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-06-01T19:30:51Z</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Senegal&amp;#039;s Bringing A Good Team And Some Nasty Vibes To The World Cup</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-06-01T19:11:32Z</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Joao Fonseca Has Created More Chaos At The French Open</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-06-01T19:45:36Z</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Boring Dunce Nick Bilton Hounded Out Of First Meeting With &amp;#039;60 Minutes&amp;#039; Staffers</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-06-01T20:44:07Z</lastmod>
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      <news:title>RIP To &amp;#039;Euphoria,&amp;#039; HBO&amp;#039;s Dumbest Show</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-06-01T20:19:23Z</lastmod>
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      <news:title>&amp;#039;Try Hard&amp;#039; Is Back, Now In Video Form</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-06-01T20:32:56Z</lastmod>
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      <news:title>The USMNT Is Still Stuck In The Middle</news:title>
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      <news:title>&amp;#039;Backrooms&amp;#039; Doesn&amp;#039;t Quite Capture The Weirdness Of The Originals</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-06-01T19:38:28Z</lastmod>
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      <news:title>Texas Tech Overcomes Last-Ditch Homer And Sprinkler Attack To Beat UCLA</news:title>
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      <news:title>The Crossword, June 1: Bleus Band</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-06-01T17:34:06Z</lastmod>
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      <news:title>MLB Owners Want A Salary Cap Because They Want To Cash Out</news:title>
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    <lastmod>2026-06-01T15:26:50Z</lastmod>
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      <news:title>To Boo Or Not To Boo? That&amp;#039;s The Question, Knicks Fans</news:title>
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