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In a separate post, he shared a photo of Downer and her dog, Rex, and wrote in the caption that his sister was very attached to the dog and had last been seen in Koreatown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
Its sister exchange, Binance.US, which operates in the U.S. and is separate from Binance, said it wasn’t affected by the hack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
“Whether that automatically confers a sustainably higher valuation for healthcare is an entirely separate issue, however.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
"You have five separate forces operating on the ground without a proper unifying chain of command," said Diego Da Rin, a Crisis Group analyst.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
A small equipment capsule that was connected to Gagarin’s capsule by electrical cables had failed to separate.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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It also separates institutions that can afford to verify their degrees from those that can’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The MDL is the border within the DMZ that separates the two countries.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
To the east, the Adriatic Sea separates Italy from the partially visible Balkan Peninsula.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Both Fida and Ismail lived close to the so-called Yellow Line that separates the areas occupied by the Israeli military in Gaza from areas controlled by Hamas in the west.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Surely I can understand this, and I hate it and I will fight against it to preserve the one thing that separates us from the uncreative beasts.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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The Emmy-nominated actor and the Grammy-winning musician, also known for collaborations with pop stars Taylor Swift and Lorde, separated in the summer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Check out what separated the true locals from the pack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Three geographically separated cultures have described the same highly specific hallucinations, and DNA testing has linked two of those cases to a single mushroom species.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
Others were separated from their families after their parents, infected with the virus, were transferred to Ebola treatment centres.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Aside from the four decades that separated their ages, they were a study in opposites.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Yaroslavsky described some of the board members as “very talented,” including its president, Steve Kang, and she acknowledges that separating aspects in the measure would have allowed a more focused conversation on public works.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
At the beginning of 2025, Hammond announced that he and his wife Mindy, who share two children, were separating, just three months after his father died of cancer.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
An ongoing challenge in autism research is separating neurological differences associated with autism itself from changes that may develop through the experience of living with the condition.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
Fleetwood played Arsenal on Tuesday with 83 places separating the teams and most home fans arriving in hope rather than any expectation.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Ophie nodded and quickly stripped the bed, separating the sheets and blankets out just like Cook had shown her so they could be laundered later.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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