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[ohn] / oʊn /






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"I sort of laid my own trap, and now I'm in it," Lycett conceded ruefully before he headed to the round table.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

The Friday afternoon hearing was sparked by Xuan and Zhang’s attorneys attempts to have their clients released on their own recognizance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

However, he said it was important to emphasise that many under-30s were "making do" without clubs and instead creating their own events.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Chief political correspondent Josh Dawsey went back to his alma mater, the University of South Carolina, where the campus is booming but many students he spoke with are uneasy about their own economic futures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

“You know what?” she said while Cam grabbed one of her hands, squishing it in his own.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Meta, Snap, TikTok, X and Google, which owns YouTube, have all declined BBC requests for comment, and have not made public statements about the legislation.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

He went on to describe his relationship with a niece who has Down syndrome and looks like him, and to talk about a coffee shop his family owns that employs people with her disability.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Hayes is also extremely bullish on Alibaba because “it owns equity in pretty much every AI startup in Asia,” and he highlights its Moonshot holding, which could go public soon with a $50 billion valuation.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

CEO Ryan Cohen buys 844,000 shares in the videogame retailer, meaning he now owns more than 42 million overall.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

“I like exploring. My grandpa owns this land.”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

They were supplied to the army by Hertz Norge, which is indirectly owned by the Chinese auto group Geely.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Hundreds of tents have occupied Madrid's central Puerta del Sol square since she was taken away on a stretcher last month after the real estate company that owned her flat drastically hiked the rent.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

For much of the past half-century, capital has grown faster than wages, rewarding people who owned financial assets more than those who relied on their paychecks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

"Starshield systems are owned and controlled by the US government," he wrote.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

The event was in a town house that she guessed the university owned.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Exchange-traded funds have made owning swaths of stocks and bonds remarkably affordable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

In the suit, they accused the couple of lying about owning the surrogacy firm and failing to disclose that they already had more than a dozen children.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Meanwhile, 27% said it was owning a home.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

By contrast, owning a bond with no plans to ever sell it before maturity provides a certainty of returns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

However, Mr. Lyte, owning the matching cups, would pay a very good price.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes


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