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They don't know what the answer is to it.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
He later added: "If you happen to know who this Cornell "Jane Doe" is, get in touch and I would be happy to publish her name and identifying information."
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
For students, this means seeing the benefit of studying because they know it can result in good grades, which can lead to college admission and eventually, a job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
If you are near retirement, then you know that your entire portfolio, including those sale proceeds, shouldn’t be invested too aggressively.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
“I know I get carried away. But opening a school is something I’ve wanted to do forever. I can’t wait! Lala, it’s gonna change this town!” he promises.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
"I think she knows she wasted her life, and I think she knows she could have done good in her life but she didn't."
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
“It’s a level of skill set and longtime loyalty that cannot be replaced overnight. Because the president has been in this industry for five decades, he instinctively knows that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
For all anyone knows, it’s a wolf in furry clothing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The Stellantis-owned company knows the Topolino’s got a particular audience. the “It doesn’t step on anything else that we do as a company,” said Andrew Waterhouse, Fiat’s brand head in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
“You would tell me,” Aunt Tess says again, but this time she doesn’t say it as a question, she says it as an affirmation that she already knows the answer to.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
“We knew that was one of the keys to getting the win, containing him,” Cleveland coach Mario Guzman said of Turner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
I knew I wanted a fee-only fiduciary adviser because I didn’t want conflicted, commission-driven advice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Immediately after his playing career ended, he was invited back to Arsenal to coach their youngsters and instantly knew management and coaching was for him.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
“We knew he’d get his catches. That’s inevitable — the kid’s a baller. But we knew if we could contain him, rally and tackle, we’d be in a good position.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
“It was you, wasn’t it? I knew it had to be you,” he says, answering his own question.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
The deportation reprieve is known as Temporary Protected Status.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
That collection of recordings, known as The Desk Tapes, includes recordings of 63 live shows, soundchecks and more than 100 hours of rehearsals from the band's rise and rise in the 1990s.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
It doesn't have Lagos's famous, and infamous, raucousness -- but neither does it have a riposte to the Lagos' film industry, known as Nollywood, or its major corporate headquarters and roster of Afrobeats stars.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
The extent of that breach became clear in June 2021 and the fact that it came from inside the IRS has been known since Littlejohn’s arrest in September 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
“I would’ve introduced you guys, had I known you were coming,” I say.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
According to the Associated Press, 19 states say that an intoxicated person is only considered incapacitated — and therefore unable to consent — if they were given drugs or alcohol without knowing.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
The worrying reality is that millions of people are still living with the condition without knowing it and missing opportunities for early diagnosis and treatment.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
“Securitization is like fertilizer,” Mr. Wigglesworth quotes a knowing investor, Simon Mikhailovich, as remarking at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
He remembers how scary it was to come to the City of Angels, not knowing how to speak English.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
“Don’t talk like that,” I said, knowing full well I was beaten.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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