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“I still think people are breathing into paper bags,” Rick Wilmer, chief executive of the charging company ChargePoint, said of the industry’s mood amid the downturn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
The Sunday edition of the Mirror has spoken to several witnesses to the attack, one told the paper that "the keepers did everything they could".
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
The researchers report their method and findings in a paper published in Science.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
And while it’s easy to create wealth through raising billions in capital or taking on debt, turning paper money into actual cash is harder to do.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
Your paper lands on the teacher’s desk with plenty of time to spare.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Most of Thursday's papers lead with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch's speech at her party's autumn conference.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The deluge included more than 700 papers covering hundreds of problems across number theory, algebraic geometry and other fields with names that could give people haunted by high-school math a migraine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
And no number of white papers, roundtables, or outreach events is going to change that.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026
Upon examining the man’s papers, the British soldier “notices that the Wehrmacht stamp is smudged. Below it there appears to be a trace of a previously affixed rubber stamp.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
As I shuffle through the random objects in search of a key, the shelves wobble and a stack of papers falls from the top shelf.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Ironically, only Branwell’s room, papered with sketches and poems, looks like an artist’s refuge.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
But as someone who was in the chamber for that speech, those affects papered over a frequent incomprehensibility.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026
Ekitike's quickfire double papered over the cracks of another concerning first half performance for Arne Slot.
From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026
The Hurricanes’ pass rush has papered over plenty of postseason errors and kept Miami in close games.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
In the midst of the crowd at Santa Anita sat Charles and Marcela Howard, forced smiles papered over their faces.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
In response, she told Deters to “stop papering all these things. It’s really dangerous.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
On Monday, the climate-vulnerable Alliance of Small Island States said countries could not keep ignoring "the elephant in the room" and warned that anything short of winding down fossil fuels was "papering over the cracks".
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
They’re just papering over the crushing weight of impending responsibility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
Despite going into the game following four straight clean sheets, former Ibrox striker Steven Thompson expressed doubts about his former side's performance level and suggested their wins had been papering over cracks.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2024
Will the trends that have reinforced class lines while papering over the distinctions persist?
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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