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Santa Barbara News-Press

The Santa Barbara News-Press was a broadsheet newspaper based in Santa Barbara, California. It was founded in 1868 as the Post and merged with the rival News to form the News-Press in 1932. On July 21, 2023, it filed for bankruptcy and ceased publication.

The oldest predecessor of the News-Press (the weekly Santa Barbara Post) started publishing on May 30, 1868.

The Santa Barbara Post became the Santa Barbara Press, which eventually became the Morning Press, which was acquired in 1932 by Thomas M. Storke and merged with his paper, the Santa Barbara News
he parent company of the Santa Barbara News-Press, Ampersand Publishing, filed a copyright infringement suit on November 9, 2006, against the Santa Barbara Independent ("SBI")—where many former News-Press columnists had become contributors to the community weekly—claiming that a link on independent.com violated copyright law. The case never reached trial, as an undisclosed settlement was reached on April 28, 2008, resulting in a dismissal at the request of the parties
by SPrice1980 August 28, 2023
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Pressing Paralysis

The phenomenon occurs when multiple defenders are in position to challenge an attacking player, but due to hesitation, miscommunication, or uncertainty about responsibility, none of them step up to engage. As a result, the attacker faces less resistance than expected, often gaining space or time to advance. This defensive lapse is driven by a diffusion of responsibility, where each defender assumes another will take action, leading to collective inaction.
It was pressing paralysis at its finest, three defenders doing the ‘after you, sir’ routine while the striker waltzed through like he owned the place.
by ThinkingManCa April 3, 2025
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Cleveland Press

The Cleveland Press is the male version of a Brazilian wax; except instead of waxing the hair, it's just straightened.
I was getting ready for a circle jerk with the boys, and buddy told me he'd spread my cheeks if I wanted. I went for a Cleveland Press to clean it up a bit, it was full of willknots.
by iPeeLoudInBushes February 9, 2024
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French Press

When you have to get up to get toilet paper after you've already taken a massive or nasty shit.
He yelled and yelled for someone to bring him some toilet paper, butt nobody was home. He had to French Press it all the way upstair to get some.
by Maniconwords December 31, 2024
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Bench press

The bench press is the most alpha exercise to do apart from pull ups, to do bench press lay your ass on a flat bench and grab a barbell and press it up and down this exercise builds your chest shoulders and triceps, some people don’t do this exercise because of left shoulder pain
Do you have left shoulder pain? Yes when I bench press
by Hades 69 March 9, 2024
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Log press kiss

A quite dangerous first kiss for strongmen and strongwomen athletes that involves both people to press their logs and then miss with the log over head. The perfect Instagram post.
Those two would make a perfect Log press kiss if she could handle the eye Contact.
by Cmonkey April 18, 2022
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press bait

The act of creating headline worthy news to cover up scummy behavior.
Person 1: This program I use just removed a popular feature... I can't believe it!
Person 2: Ah, but that was a press bait; they recently changed their terms of service to take custody of your baby.
by everythingsTakenAAAAA May 27, 2025
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