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Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveiled a large sign by the lakeshore on Saturday that read "Lake Ontario Now and Always" in both English and French, Canada's official languages.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Thomas read into that the requirement that their parents be domiciled here.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
They read: “Who raised you??? You are not the only people in this building.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
"Why go far away to work when home is the best place?" a banner in the factory read.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
She then spends four years in Niger, Colombia, and El Salvador as a Peace Corps volunteer, teaching children and adults how to read and speak English.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
He reads psychology and self-help books, talks openly about sharpening his mind and appears to spend far more time analysing himself than most 21-year-olds.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Arnaz looks over Ball’s shoulder while she reads “The Settlement Cook Book,” apparently trying to figure out how to feed her husband.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Similarly, the front page of the Daily Mail reads: "Faces of Britons missing in Nepal".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
“We have faith and trust that God will carry him through this,” the description for the fundraiser reads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
She reads a couple of very vivid paragraphs about the “whiter-than-white, nearly alabaster, snowy, bleached Alps” in Switzerland, where her family went on vacation.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
Currently, the relative strength index indicates bullish momentum in the 10-year rate, with a series of higher lows, and it remains well below the overbought reading of 70.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
They track whether and how quickly prospective students open recruiting emails and how long they spend reading them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
It’s the sort of line that doesn’t stand up to an unkind reading.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Why he does not have the role of commissioner is something I have often thought about over the years, but then I would miss reading his columns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
So I close my eyes and picture Jonah leaving the mailbox in the treehouse to be rid of it forever, reading the horrible thing he read on that list, running with Cassie instead of me.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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