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"The duke felt strongly that, while those questions remain unanswered, the benefit of this income should remain in the community, helping local people shape that future."

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

Fourth-grader Liliana Guzman, another student council member, remembered watching the work take shape during the previous school year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Friday painted a grim picture for American consumers and is predicted to shape how the Federal Reserve rules on interest rates next week.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

The Fed has one instrument that could help to shape expectations next week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

On the surface were three divots in the shape of arrows.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

I’m hoping people see that all the colors and shapes and how bedazzled I am is a reflection of my identity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

What to know: Taking place across three time periods, this sweeping epic looks at how the legacy of the Spanish Civil War shapes the lives of multiple gay men.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

"Our findings provided no evidence that differences in diet or foraging were driving the development of the sharks' sex-specific head shapes," said Liu.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

"Equal Earth preserves the relative surface areas of continents and, as much as possible, shows their shapes as they appear on a globe," one of the cartographers, Bojan Savric, told AFP in 2025.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

Vague black shapes loomed in the distance, silhouetted by flashes of lightning.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Americans still made choices in supermarkets and restaurants, but the menu of cheap possibilities had been shaped long before they arrived.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

It's a "biopsychosocial issue", he says, driven by the brain and nervous system and shaped by the whole person.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Those experiences shaped their leadership but ultimately instilled an intensely personal approach to building Goruck that’s rooted in a special forces ethos of putting team first.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

I remember clocking how the artists here weren’t just based in L.A.; they were shaping and being shaped by it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Your personality will be shaped by the world you grow up in.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

That’s why the producer-price index, which tracks wholesale costs, could play a bigger role than usual in shaping the Fed’s decision.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

The findings also reinforced the important role that a person's environment plays in shaping personality.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026

Russia's war with Ukraine is another important factor shaping its strategy in the Sahel.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Many of China’s brightest computer engineering students come to the U.S. for its educational opportunities and often stay, shaping tech culture from teaching positions at prestigious schools or senior roles at companies big and small.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Over the course of history, sport has played a dynamic role in shaping cultural discourse.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad