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While demand for crude has eased, that ultimately might not prove to be as big of a boon for consumers as many might expect.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
According to the researchers, this finding does not directly prove that digoxin is effective.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
His next goal: call a game on consecutive days, just as a relief pitcher has to prove he can pitch on consecutive days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
"Ian is a great fighter, good man and I respect him. He gave me a hard time but I still prove every fight," said 34-year-old Makhachev.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
“The only thing that’s impossible is that what we’re seeing is a ghost. Now we just have to prove it.”
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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But “Thunder and Mercy” proves its point: Uncovering the past can be a thrilling way of playing detective.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“Prosecutors frequently use DNA testing to match someone to a crime as a means of getting a guilty verdict, and they are not willing to concede that that same evidence also proves innocence.”
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
If further development proves successful, the technology could help improve fuel cells for applications ranging from transportation to electricity generation.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
So a pinch of surprising depth proves to be the most unwieldy move when Roth unveils a resonantly nasty surprise for his story’s endgame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Thus we cannot see the pores in the skin, but the passage of sweat through the skin proves they must be there.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Those doses caused heart muscle cells to contract more strongly, but that effect ultimately proved less helpful.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Our critic raved that “Both indoors and out, Porter proved that there was beauty where one was inclined to behold it. This show is an invaluable opportunity to do just that.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Wrries about competition from short-form video have proved to be unfounded, in Pershing Square’s view, and Netflix has deep enough pockets to pay for the higher compute costs that could come from long-form high-quality video.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Not for the first time, her instincts proved right.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
To believers, this proved that spirits produced the chemical.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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"It's proven to me I can do university and I will be able to succeed," Tabby said, who will be going to Bath Spa University.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
“They’ve proven to be too effective at catching bass.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
So far, the move in yields has proven sticky, even in the face of economic data that might have been expected to push yields lower.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
He was an established artist with a proven catalog of his own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
NOTE: Nobody has yet proven a physical basis for why simple-ratio combinations sound pleasant to us.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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There’s also a little bit of pride in father and son proving that talent isn’t just found at top private schools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
What is more difficult is proving that a product is genuinely halal.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Data centers are also proving massively unpopular, even among conservative voters in rural areas.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Unfortunately, just over one year later, the Great Depression arrived, proving Hoover tragically wrong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
In 1966, Walter Gilbert and Benno Muller-Hill isolated the repressor protein from bacterial cells—thereby proving Monod’s operon hypothesis beyond doubt.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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