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Looking to the future, David Llewellyn said he hopes the industry continues to grow in a sensible way, rather than people producing "a whole load of substandard wines".
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Thomas Malthus promulgated the theory that population would grow at a faster rate than the means to support that population could, and so there would have to be ways to reduce population in unpleasant ways.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Co-author Associate Professor Maarten Immink says the findings point to a wider change in the way the body manages movement as people grow older.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
The company also plans to invest more in local international content to help grow the Disney+ service around the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
My name means I am bound, but I can grow more powerful than those bindings.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
As people around the world live longer and the proportion of older adults grows, age-related conditions such as dementia are becoming increasingly common.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
A well-read person grows body armor against the rigid conspiracy theorist, against flat artificial intelligence that manipulates without emotion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
As investment in AI companies grows, it is likely more names from this sphere appear on shirts.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Even so, as the line between investing and gambling grows increasingly blurry, it’s understandable that some consumers might get confused.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
That awful human feeling of nervousness grows inside my system.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
He grew up here and attended the University of Kentucky, but when he married and started raising a family, he had to drive 90 minutes to Cincinnati for work at Procter & Gamble.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
During the day, shoppers had to queue up for bag searches - a custom that Ervine grew up believing was the norm.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The overall live audience for the Paris Paralympics grew by 40% compared to 2021 and 117% from 2016.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
In interviews with state media, Chen described how he grew up poor in a silk-weaving town in eastern China, where he dropped out of school at 13, unable to pay the fees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The greenish light from her headlamp grew smaller and disappeared in the darkness.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
A former military test pilot turned space cop, Jordan knows he’s good at his job and has grown used to doing things his way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
He has since grown his collection from that Lumina—once his grandfather’s car—to three more 1990s Chevy Luminas, three Impalas, a 1999 Monte Carlo and a few Pontiacs, among others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
In the years since their fighters swept into Kabul on 15 August 2021, they've grown in confidence and consolidated control despite intermittent attacks by armed opposition groups based abroad, as well as Islamic State fighters.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
But as inequality has supercharged the gap between workers with the highest and lowest incomes, wages above the cap have grown much faster than those under the cap, Romig noted.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
And in a way, although Allun was grown up now.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
The outbreak was already the fastest growing on record, UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said last week, warning that "the epidemic is killing someone every 30 minutes".
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Iran’s security-minded leadership, they said, appears to be growing more confident in its demands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Families have reported food shortages, problems with drinking water, broken showers and laundry facilities and growing psychological strain among the roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines aboard.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
But growing evidence suggests that when these dormant viruses become active again, they may play a role in autoimmune diseases and other long-lasting health conditions.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
The unquiet grave of Phineas Gage was disturbed once in 1867 by Dr. Harlow and then again in 1940 by the rapidly growing city.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
