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Also waiting — or more accurately, lurking — in the background is the brooding Col.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Petrie's conviction raised fresh questions over background checks on police in Scotland.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

This will allow your employees to respond to messages, answer questions, make decisions and solve problems without you hovering in the background.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Asked about her legal background on Thursday, Zacharia said she had registered to take the bar exam but was then "distracted and overwhelmed" by plans to move with her husband to China.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

He could hear the television news in the background.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

The company uses AI to generate backgrounds, visual effects, and synthetic humans for its slate of films, but a lot of the performances are shot on soundstages across L.A. using actors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Only a quarter of students from low-income backgrounds go on to higher education in France, compared with nearly two thirds of pupils from privileged households, according to a 2023 government study.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The North of England could be particularly hard hit as well as nations of the UK other than England and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds, the letter argued.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Falafel and hummus, with varying recipes and consistencies, flow freely across countries of several faiths and backgrounds, while pizza bagels are a frozen food staple and challah French toast is seemingly everywhere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Donald is a moderately talented painter of small still lifes of single, everyday objects: an egg, a cup, a comb, suspended against brightly colored backgrounds.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri