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Ms. Cusk seems similarly trapped, as well, in a novelistic form that appears to bore her but which she is unwilling to disavow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
That form led to him playing for Brazil at the World Cup, having never been capped before this year.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Though her form and marks in the sport are good, real success is just out of Gen’s reach.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
"By his side, Mathilde Favier embodied another form of French greatness: that of fashion and luxury," the minister added in a statement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
My cold, hard heart was in top form, and it was not taking prisoners, including sick ones, tired ones, or overburdened ones, in particular.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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Still, new pill forms of the drugs, which previously had been administered via injections, and expanding health-plan coverage are set to make them more accessible and affordable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
She also says that her patients sign consent forms which explain how donors are chosen, but many of the parents we've spoken to say they were not properly informed.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Eukaryotes ultimately gave rise to complex multicellular organisms and large visible life forms.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Although Dorothy Parker tried her hand at plays and had a successful writing career in Hollywood—her screenplays included 1937’s “A Star is Born”—she excelled in briefer forms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Both Isaac and Amy were prominent members of the Quaker faith and supported its then-radical ideas about equality in all forms.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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The Giant's Causeway is located in Country Antrim, and was formed by intense volcanic activity which forced molten rock up through cracks in the earth.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
For this study, the researchers focused on wrinkles that formed naturally in the material.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
They found a foothold in Elizabeth, N.J., where they joined a close-knit group of other Holocaust survivors who began building houses, and then entire neighborhoods, that formed post-war suburbs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The storm comes as a powerful El Nino has formed in the central equatorial Pacific Ocean.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Back in the 1800s, a lava dome called Goat Rocks had formed about two thousand feet below the summit.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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Beads of sweat may be forming in the stock market as the selloff in bond markets continues sending Treasury yields to multiyear highs, with equity-index futures — notably in tech — pointing lower for Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
The reward, for him, was in the doing, in taking a daydream and forming it into an idea that he could shape into something real in the world, blending the mundane and the macabre.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Rome’s shift from persecuting Christians to forming partnerships with them helped stabilize a weakened political order and opened a new era in the empire’s history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
It prevented GRK2 molecules from forming aggregates, which allowed mitochondria to function better.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
“What do we do when…,” Bobby Kennedy said, forming his thoughts on the fly.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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