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1. After 69 days underground, it's been a smooth ride to the surface for miners trapped in a Chilean mine. They've been lifted to the surface in a slender cage from nearly a half mile underground, one at a time, in a process that's expected to continue through much of the night.

2. Officers and a police dog are searching for a missing ten-year-old North Carolina girl on a wooded lot among piles of mulch shredded¹ by a wood chipper. Zahra Clare Baker's stepmom was also in court Wednesday, charged with writing a fake ransom² note.

3. The governor of Texas says the beheading of a Mexican investigator³ was meant to intimidate⁴. The man was looking into the reported shooting death of an American by a Mexican drug cartel while he was on a lake bordering the two countries.

4. Paraplegic Amanda Boxtel was among those testing a bionic exoskeleton, known as eLegs, eighteen years after she was paralyzed in a skiing accident. Boxtel's experimental legs could one day help others who've lost the ability to stand or walk

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1 shredded
shred的过去式和过去分词
参考例句：
Serve the fish on a bed of shredded lettuce. 先铺一层碎生菜叶，再把鱼放上，就可以上桌了。 I think Mapo beancurd and shredded meat in chilli sauce are quite special. 我觉得麻婆豆腐和鱼香肉丝味道不错。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 ransom
n.赎金，赎身；v.赎回，解救
参考例句：
We'd better arrange the ransom right away.我们最好马上把索取赎金的事安排好。 The kidnappers exacted a ransom of 10000 from the family.绑架者向这家人家勒索10000英镑的赎金。

3 investigator
n.研究者，调查者，审查者
参考例句：
He was a special investigator for the FBI.他是联邦调查局的特别调查员。 The investigator was able to deduce the crime and find the criminal.调查者能够推出犯罪过程并锁定罪犯。

4 intimidate
vt.恐吓，威胁
参考例句：
You think you can intimidate people into doing what you want?你以为你可以威胁别人做任何事？ The first strike capacity is intended mainly to intimidate adversary.第一次攻击的武力主要是用来吓阻敌方的。