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Officers responded to reports of a fight involving multiple people near Chick Hearn Court and Georgia Street around 4:45 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
Charlie Zhang, 30, a charity fundraiser who was canvassing for donations near Bar Roma, said he was trying to bounce back after getting into credit-card debt and declaring bankruptcy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Additional footage posted to TikTok appears to show a visibly shaken Lucki climbing into the back seat of a black car with a wound near his jaw.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
BBC Ukraine correspondent Dan Johnson is near one of the bridges that was targeted and explains what we know so far.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
The doctor offers Phineas $1,000 for the pocketful of pebbles that Phineas has collected walking along the Black River near town.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
As the businesses accelerated, a loss-of-control moment seemed nearer than ever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
It has been driven by the couple's desire to spend time in Europe, nearer Harry's family and wanting to educate their children in the UK.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
But as the season draws nearer and a new era of Bruin football begins, all the enthusiasm does beg the question: What does a successful debut actually look like for Chesney at UCLA?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
We may also eventually receive light from some galaxies located even farther away, provided that the light began traveling toward us when the galaxies were nearer.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
Celia circles to the opposite side of the pond, nearer to where he stands.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
The results displayed for each grid area represents a mean average of that grid cell and its nearest grid cells.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Suddenly in need of medical attention, he and his dog have no choice but to hike 58 miles through forests and across rivers to the nearest road.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The nearest town is Gualala, about six miles north.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
The maximum temperature is the mean average of the daily maximums recorded across all nearest grid cells for the month or season; the minimum temperature is the mean average of the daily minimums.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The nearest store was in a town about twenty miles away.
From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis
We can expect to hear plenty more as the Budget nears.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
They join a growing pile of bills on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk as the legislature nears the end of its two-year session, which adjourns early this week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
As next Tuesday's transfer deadline nears, Villa will play hardball for their all-time record Premier League goalscorer.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
As the war nears its six-month point, the president says he would unleash the “most crushing economic operation ever taken.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Delly crosses the room tentatively, but as she nears him she naturally breaks into a smile.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
As we neared the lagoon, a black-winged stilt flew alongside the car, trailing its legs behind it.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
As Mr. Daniels neared the end of his second term as governor, many free-market conservatives encouraged him to pursue the presidency in 2012.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The number of people missing in the catastrophic flood that sliced through the border area between Nepal and Tibet neared 3,000 on Saturday, as rescuers scoured deep, leg-sucking mud for survivors.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
A study of more than a century of weather records found temperatures had risen across almost the entire region, and in recent summers, parts of Bundelkhand have neared 48C.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
As he neared Peanut, Ben suddenly flipped the ball directly in Peanut’s hands, stepped aside, and with a flourish of his arm offered Peanut Abbott the whole court and an easy layup.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Liverpool Street station's roof refurbishment is nearing completion after more than two years of work.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Anthropic is nearing its IPO and investors should watch this exchange-traded fund to gauge market sentiment.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
With the deadline for mailing out millions of California ballots nearing, Los Angeles County’s top election official welcomed the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
John Balsdon was one lawyer who took advantage of the program Latham offers, which is suggested for those nearing retirement age but not required by the firm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office, reading a long memo that was slipping through his brain without leaving the slightest trace of meaning behind.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
