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“Kyle has a really, really good sense of himself, in the best way,” says Mundy, who’d previously worked with the actor on the series “Bloodline.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Exercise may also help maintain proprioception, the body’s ability to sense its own position and movement.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
“He is in every meaningful sense the paper’s human co-author,” Claude wrote in the acknowledgments section.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
There was a sense that Asher-Smith's seamless baton changeover to Hunt was a symbolic moment, in its wider context.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
I began to have a sense of the magnitude of what we were here to do.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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They can detect coming danger like earthquakes or floods because their senses deliver facts: a sound, a smell, the change of the wind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
But I dug how Cretton gooses our spidey senses with dramatic sound effects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
His performances reminded us how easy it is for a person to lose their senses when they come face-to-face with something spectacular and indescribable.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
Users of the drugs have reported duller senses of taste, less pleasure from eating and related side effects around flavor—phenomena characterized by some as “Ozempic tongue.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
With all my senses on high alert, I’d never felt more ready for danger.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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He sensed, long before we could prove it, that very high doses given into a vein would behave quite differently from ordinary supplements.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
I froze and wondered if he sensed my fight-or-flight response.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Prenga, who arrived with 20 knockouts from his 20 victories but little profile even with boxing's hardcore followers, sensed an opportunity.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Machado and her allies have sensed that Rubio is broadly sympathetic to her desire to return and move the country toward elections, people familiar with his conversations with Machado say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
She visited Ellsberg, and both immediately sensed that their relationship was not over.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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Earlier approaches to sensing people through wireless signals have often relied on specialized equipment or more complex measurements.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
That capability could support future advances in quantum information systems and sensing technologies.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Mr. Jones describes a freshwater snail that, sensing a predator, instinctively climbs or descends depending on where the perceived threat tends to hunt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
I am also sensing some self-blame and regret.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
"Let me finish," the mother said, sensing dissension.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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