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[keys] / keɪs /






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The court heard just under £60,000 had so far been refunded to those who bought the fake plans and Hill might also receive a refund due to the publicity of the case.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Having a prenuptial agreement — or, in this case, a postnuptial agreement — would be much preferable to relying on either your friend or her husband keeping their word after the other person dies.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

ThreeW, which recently began commercial operations, sends the power, at market price, straight to the local power grid, in this case Ercot, the Texas grid operator.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

The case unfolded in the long shadow of the O.J.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

Dr. Bigelow tackles that question head-on: "The leading feature of this case is its improbability," Dr. Bigelow admits.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

But in many cases, traditional advice no longer applies.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

Although most cases resolve on their own, antibiotics can be given to treat severe or prolonged infections.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

The result, Bernard said, is that “the government will lose more cases as a result of the way the Justice Department is behaving.”

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

States have cited privacy concerns and, in some cases, mistrust about the federal government’s intentions in seeking detailed data about their residents.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

We crisscrossed our paths as we circled the viewing cases, our eyes dancing over the gold and silver, the pearls and rubies and sapphires.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Marinello said the placement of the furniture lift outside the Louvre suggested that the thieves had cased the space ahead of time.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 20, 2025

But since the 1990s, the overwhelming majority of those tampons have come cased in plastic, meaning plastic applicators outnumber plastic straws by an order of magnitude in the municipal waste stream.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2023

The allegation is one of a slew in a book that exposes painful, intimate — and in some cased contested — details about the lives of Harry and other members of the royal family.

From Washington Times Jan. 6, 2023

Some of the meat was now going through a grinder, to be cased and served as sausages for guests to take home.

From New York Times Mar. 7, 2022

Ishmael stood in the doorway looking out while the sheriff ran a flashlight across everything—the cased sausage beside the binnacle, the short bunk, the ship’s wheel, the battery well.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

She also brought a bullet casing, which she said was one of the items used.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

Like endless, dormant serpents, the colossal concrete casing of the pipelines stretched along the seabed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

It’s unclear whether Combs and Tracy were targeted, or if the suspects were casing homes in the area.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2026

Police found a damaged wing mirror casing on the road and traced the serial number to Clarke-Samuel's vehicle.

From BBC Mar. 3, 2026

"I'll make a metal casing for it, something that covers both sides. I'll weld it shut so the coin's secure inside."

From "Legend" by Marie Lu




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