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[chooz] / tʃuz /


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Niccol said such initiatives give customers more reasons to choose Starbucks, and he promised more beverages, food and merchandise collections to come in the new fiscal year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

They should admit they could go in many directions now, but what they choose is to govern, wisely.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

But we choose to focus on the things that make us different, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

"We can't wish them away. We must choose the course we steer through them."

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

But I always choose to go with her.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

This is equally true whether the suspect immediately surrenders or chooses to flee.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

“If the State chooses to try again, Tim is ready, and so are those witnesses.”

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

When I asked Anula why she chooses to live so far from all the tourist action on Iceland’s southern coast, she looked at me like I’d asked the dumbest question in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Messi trusts the people who run them, some of them with him since his early days at Barcelona, and a thorough filter means he only gets offered and chooses what he is comfortable with.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Ana chooses the wine, and the waiter comes back with the bottle.

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour

While someone more squeamish would probably have quickly left the flat never to return, Ryua chose to go ahead and move in.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The daughter, with counsel from Gemeda, chose her own shoes—with squishier soles than her dad’s favorites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Rather than testing isolated cranberry compounds, Wu chose to investigate pure cranberry juice, a product people can readily purchase and consume.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

His father Ahmad said that though he voted for an Arab party, many in town including his other son chose The Democrats, a left-wing party led by Jewish Israeli Yair Golan.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

A table, some chairs, a set of drawers to keep any interesting things he might find on an adventure—these were the first pieces Duane chose to take.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

"The public has chosen change," Eisenkot told his Yashar party after exit polls came out – most of which were initially more favourable to the opposition.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

A candidate presented as the choice of three great powers would have to win the consent of the states he was not chosen to please.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Reducing the number of homeless encampments was by far the top answer, chosen by 43% of likely voters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

His comments came after opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot said the country had chosen change and that he would seek to form a new administration.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

If Pili had also held this book, then that meant the book had also chosen her.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

António Costa, president of the European Council, thanked Lagarde for her dedication and said the bloc will immediately begin the process of choosing her replacement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

In that case, the county and the union each would select one member, with the sides together choosing the third person, who would serve as the panel’s chair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The bank saw the same behavior at work in the U.K., a market where it is choosing not to be as competitive to protect margins.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

The wearing of fur is a controversial subject within fashion circles, with publications and fashion brands choosing not to use or promote it several years ago.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Because they didn’t want to be distracted choosing which way to go—or backtracking when they made a wrong choice and hit a dead end.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix


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