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Pike's legal team had previously objected to the execution's IV protocol, saying it would have caused needless suffering due to her small veins and a blood condition.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Diedrichs said AI models in advertising could enable small brands to have a large number of diverse models, or global brands to advertise in multiple markets.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The second firm, however, had several advisers on staff, a track record of nearly 30 years and, most crucially, a willingness to work with a relatively small client.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
“I’m sure Olivia has every guitar company in the world in her DMs, and she still trusted a small shop in East L.A.,”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
It used to have a proper lawn that mom would mow every week, with a sandbox at the back and a small vegetable garden along the side where she grew tomatoes and strawberries.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Social posts predicted “the beginning of the end,” along with smaller portions and worse food.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
They are about money – the lack of it – and the need for more teachers, smaller classes and better buildings.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
American car buyers are rediscovering smaller vehicles and stepping back from some big SUVs as sticker prices and fuel costs rise, the WSJ’s Ryan Felton and Christopher Otts write.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
"If you want to create the most efficient magnetic sense, smaller is better."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
“It’s much smaller than the Academy,” Callaway said.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
"However insignificant it may seem, the smallest piece of information could prove crucial in helping us establish what happened and identify those responsible."
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
For more than a decade, Paramount has been the smallest of the major media companies, owning CBS, Comedy Central, BET, Nickelodeon and the Melrose Avenue studio.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
He spends every waking hour trying to shrink things to their smallest possible size without losing their functionality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
But it does place a Konyak-language film from one of India's smallest states inside a global conversation from which such stories have been almost entirely absent.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Break those elements down to their smallest parts, and you will find a series of atoms.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
