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The Big Island airports were expected to resume operations Sunday, depending on conditions after the storm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
In one of her pitches, part of which was reviewed by the Journal, Clark said her resume included “real estate + entrepreneurial investments” as well as “distribution + brand strategy consultant, interior design/architectural background.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Manus said Tuesday it would resume independent operations, months after Beijing blocked Meta's acquisition of the Chinese-developed, Singapore-based firm.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
For anyone keeping score, that leaves Trump’s publicly stated resume including businessman, president, golf-course owner — and, apparently, one of the world’s foremost grass experts.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
He tucks her resume and references inside his jacket pocket and holds his hand out to her.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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And yet, as a self-described isolationist, said résumé might not exist if he were left to his own devices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
El-Sayed is not Platner; he’s been in electoral politics for nearly a decade and has a polished résumé.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2026
Joe Torre, with four championships as manager of the New York Yankees on his résumé, was in his first year in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
And unlike a labor market, there is no résumé for a good friend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The résumé spun and plunged to the ground.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
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When the cooking resumes, several salmon cakes have already been shaped and set aside.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
May 27: Boeing resumes production of the 737 MAX at low volumes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Prices for gasoline, diesel and many petrochemicals have risen even more sharply and aren’t expected to ease until normal tanker traffic through the strait resumes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
"Once it resumes normal operations, Swift could continue searching for more examples of out-of-place black holes."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
A month ago, I mailed out fifteen resumes to Dallas, Memphis, Birmingham, and five other cities, and once again, New York.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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Those conditions echo the terms of a so-called memorandum of understanding which was reached in June and collapsed as fighting resumed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
After a brief pause in June and July, U.S. stocks have resumed their pattern of jumping from record high to record high.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Jordan resumed executions in June, carrying out its first since 2017.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
They touched $90 early in the day as hopes for a Strait of Hormuz deal faded, then fell back after signs of de-escalation, and finally jumped up to near intraday highs as U.S. attacks resumed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
“So obliged to you!—so very much obliged to you for the carriage,” resumed Miss Bates.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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As we string groups of words together in our heads, resting and resuming, we take in almost unconsciously the little signposts of punctuation that give shape and rhythm to what we’re reading.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The deal quickly fell through, as did diplomatic talks, with tit-for-tat attacks resuming just days after the MoU was signed.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
“That said, there is still a meaningful gap between talks resuming and the Strait of Hormuz fully reopening,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
The agreement was short-lived, however, with U.S. and Iranian attacks resuming this month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
He ended by saying that he was looking forward to resuming a quiet life of researching and writing, with much less attention from the press.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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