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In the Championship, 21-year-old Will Lankshear - a Tottenham academy graduate like Kane - has hit the ground running for Middlesbrough with eight goals in 11 appearances for his new club.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
In another video, the boy who was hit, identified by community members as Xavier, jumps over a fourth-floor railing as the student who appears to be the attacker approaches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
The market’s heavy concentration in just a handful of multitrillion tech companies—a theme throughout the current bull market—has become even more extreme as stocks in other industries took a hit in recent months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
With its wine industry hit by a swathe of summer heatwaves, France is set to see this year's harvest hit a historic low.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
We jumped from the top of the bus stairs and hit the front yard running, our blazers flying in our hands.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
The 24.4-cent federal tax normally owed when that fuel hits the road is deferred through Dec. 31, and the IRS is to stop writing penalties.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
The Rays’ 49 bunt hits were the most in MLB since 2008, helping them to secure the AL’s best overall batting average at .258.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
In seven innings, Yamamoto gave up one run on four hits, all of them singles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Syleecia Thompson, a business professor at National University, said that "it hits small businesses, vendors, caterers and local communities".
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Another Otsuchi resident, Yukari Kurosawa, was told a simpler adage when she was young: “If a big earthquake hits and the ocean draws back, run!”
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
"We are very concerned about the El Nino that is hitting this year," Georgieva said in an interview in Singapore.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
The “coastally trapped” aquatic pulse has been slithering up the coast for weeks, fascinating scientists and weather watchers as it marched across the equatorial Pacific before splitting upon hitting the coast of Peru.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Footage shows Wembanyama, external hitting tackle pads, going through passing drills, taking part in a line-out and looming over the rest of the Provence team in a huddle before a pre-season friendly in August.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Ten-year Treasury yields declined to just under 5.27% by session’s end, after hitting their highest levels since 2002 on Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
I hear a crackling and a crash—the cannonball hitting a tree.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
