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One estimate placed the cost of the ballroom and the bunker at $600 million, with taxpayers covering half, the Washington Post reported.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Carl Rushworth: A confident take from an Arsenal corner in the first half, but will be disappointed in how he dealt with the second Arsenal goal on his Premier League debut.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
For about half a billion years, animals have been evolving brains capable of modeling the world around them, and using that mental map to plan their next action.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
It’s risen nearly $5 trillion in a year and a half.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
A minute later a second man appeared, half pulling, half supporting Annaliese.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The chart above shows that, much of the time, the two halves of this hedge tend to rise and fall together.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
It was a tale of two halves for Bellingham who was deployed in a more box-to-box role in Declan Rice’s absence.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
She uses tweezers to nestle the roasted halves on a swirl of verdant puree, then tops it off with crispy fried leaves.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
Soccer, on the other hand, is defined by constant activity: two unbroken 45-minute halves, with no pause for a soda brand or insurance company to chime in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
The simplest scheme is Aristotle’s—who said that a speech is a thing of two halves.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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Number and Operations: Fractions
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