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From Lord Ruthven to Edward Cullen, vampires of print and film have long been ascribed Byronic glamour and charisma.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
He also noted the "unbearable stress that the long drawn out legal process has had on the family".
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
So long as they are found, Del Toro doesn’t worry that much about how people encounter them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
The ancient secret was not volcanic ash, as long suspected, but heat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Despite that, the list of Black families who are set to move in is long.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
There are aspects of the traditional trading markets that are no longer needed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
I did not stop being his wife, but he was no longer my husband.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
It looks better, I suppose, to have a thousand people kept from entering a venue than seating them in a spacious arena he can no longer fill.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
But Neha's - who uses "they" and "them" as personal pronouns - visibility is no longer limited to campuses.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
But she no longer needs a record player or her imagination—it’s all right here in front of her.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
The maximum lifespan can average 400 years, the longest lifespan of any known vertebrate, meaning there are apparently Greenland sharks that are older than the United States.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
He faced 33 balls and did not score a run, making his duck the longest by an Australian opener in Test history - the third-longest by any Test opener.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Kazakhstan, which shares the longest land border with Russia, has imposed temperature checks for those crossing the border, the country’s state-controlled news agency said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Those whose tumors had high levels of the vitamin D receptor and who received paricalcitol also had the longest overall survival.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
I’m supposed to do eleven miles this weekend—the longest run before the race!
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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