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Hopper, airfares for the Christmas season are up how much this year over 2019?", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "​5%", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "10%", "correctAnswer" : false }, {

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on their own. One of those is Elijah Hewson. Who’s his dad?", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "Eddie Van Halen", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "David St. Hubbins", "correctAnswer" :

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Randy Lilleston is the homepage editor for AARP.org. He previously served as editor-in-chief for business news publisher Industry Dive and was a senior digital editor for NPR, USA Today and

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