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As a boy he developed the habit of giving himself pep talks in the mirror and continued the practice into adulthood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
"The mirror is a better metaphor. These systems reflect what we put in, at scale. That's reason enough for the policy change" at Anthropic, he added.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
You can think of them as looking like our hands - not identical, but each a mirror image of the other.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
But these days, it is behaving less like a barometer of market health and more like a funhouse mirror.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Then he stood in front of the mirror and went invisible.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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The project, financed almost entirely by Abudu's media group, mirrors the upscale lifestyle complex she launched in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, in 2019.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The agreement mirrors Rogan’s previous deal, which carried an estimated $250 million earnout and let the show be distributed broadly across rival platforms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
This process mirrors a cellular transformation that has recently been identified as occurring naturally in the brain during human aging.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
This aspect mirrors a frightening contemporary pattern reflected in the Cornell case, in which an alleged Snapchat thread from the Chi Phi house is presented as evidence.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
I was in a large, old-fashioned bathroom, like something from a Zsa Zsa Gabor movie, with gold fixtures and mirrors and pink tile on the walls and floor.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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Like hands, all amino acids exist as two mirrored variants, but only one of them is found in the proteins in the body's cells.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
The equestrian facility is topped off by a sprawling 20,000-square-foot riding arena with an observation deck and mirrored wall, which the listing notes is suitable for both dressage and jumping.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
Figures collected by the BBC show a slight fall in the number of shoplifting offences across England and Wales in the past financial year and that was mirrored in the West Mercia police force area.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
The crisis that exploded over the last few days at Anthropic and OpenAI is unlikely to be mirrored by their customers, however.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Her wrinkled face mirrored the emotions on the screen as he translated ER, The Price Is Right, and Oprah for her, which helped improve his English.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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He had become notorious for an uncanny impersonation of Patrick Mahomes—wearing the three-time Super Bowl winner’s number, copying his haircut, and mirroring his sidearm throws—but he couldn’t match his ability to win football games.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
It ends a lawsuit alleging TikTok is intentionally designed to addict children to its features, mirroring a host of lawsuits against social media platforms.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Mike Trout could not stop smiling, mirroring the optimism and goodwill at Angel Stadium on the day Stan Kroenke announced a deal to buy the Angels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Tesla plans to initially deploy a small number of Model Y crossover SUVs in Clark County, mirroring a strategy it’s employed in Texas, Florida and California.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
“I noticed,” he said, his wrinkled forehead mirroring my own confusion.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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