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His surprise return to one of the most prominent offices in the land on Friday set the stage for a potential standoff between Mexico City and Washington over his fate.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Plans for the project, which would cover an area of land north of Heckington, were submitted in May 2025.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Over the past two years, it has sold projects comprising more than 7 gigawatts of powered land to data-center developers, including sites in Wisconsin for Oracle and OpenAI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
More than 450 million years ago, long before dinosaurs appeared and before animals or plants had spread widely across dry land, crinoids were already thriving in some of Earth's earliest coral reefs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
In 1940—the year Joey first notices sores and bumps, known as “lesions,” on her face—the land, water, and skies around Manila are quiet.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
He points to the particular features of their different regions, the local climate and soils that allow them to produce the singular foods, flavors and fragrances the lands are known for.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
"It limits our movement. They cut off roads, bulldoze lands and cut down trees."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
"I knew Homer was from these lands, but I didn't know he was specifically from Izmir. We are incredibly lucky," said teacher Safak Tosun outside one of the city's cinemas where the film is showing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
The toppings are market-flexible, too: Use whatever chèvre or goat cheese you find, whether it crumbles into little pillows or lands in soft clouds, and turn a leftover hunk of cornbread into crisp, salty crumbs.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
“Who is Lou Ann? And why are you staying with her?” she says as a book flies by us and lands with a thump in the wet grass.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
The couple landed a $100 million deal with Netflix and another worth around $20 million at Spotify, according to The Wall Street Journal reporting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Playing Juliette earned Panettiere two Golden Globe nominations, and her performances of the character’s songs landed her on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs charts 11 times.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
But the purchase of a new oven landed her in hot water.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Faster Than The Speed Of Night, the album featuring the track, was also a chart-topping success and landed the singer her only UK number one album.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
There was a thrum of moving air, and Jacques landed next to him.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Rather than a bubble, AI may simply be a technology that is landing slower than expected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
US President Donald Trump showed off a giant new helicopter landing pad at the White House on Wednesday, the latest in a series of construction projects, as he seeks to leave his mark on Washington.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Yes, she grew up in front of TV cameras, landing her first regular roles on soap operas, including ABC’s “One Life to Live” and CBS’ “Guiding Light.”
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
The inquest heard the flight took about 15 minutes - with Ashman landing and clearing the runway before Lomas made her approach.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
But I learned quickly that the term Butterfly did not come from the beautiful insects I saw landing on the flowers outside my window.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
