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At present there is no candidate who has put their name forward to stand against Infantino, before a 18 November deadline.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Barring any surprising or dramatic August data releases in early September, the Fed will stand pat, the team said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Those and other purchase obligations at the companies the Journal examined stand at a whopping $1.9 trillion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Hal and John also stand apart from other test pilots, Marines and field experts in ways that make them not merely suitable choices for superheroic duty but worthy of it.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
I stand beside Caesar under an early-blooming oak.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The choreography stands out for its androgyny and authenticity to the queer experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Schultz will likely not see significant savings on the scale of Bezos, who has an estimated net worth of $281.3 billion, but he still stands to benefit financially from his move.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Two helicopters circled to drop rose petals over the Virgin Mary, which stands in a large crown with open arms, during Saturday's ceremony.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Among those discoveries, the premaxilla stands out as one of the most important.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
She stands there for a long moment, like she’s deciding how to respond.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Rinaldi examined thousands of sources across several astronomical surveys, but the Saguaro stood out because researchers happened to have unusually useful observations of it.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
He first choreographed with a skeleton crew, without Cynthia Erivo, and stood in her place, lip-syncing and discovering new emotions in the process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The sale smashes the record previously set for a residential real estate deal in the Hualālai, which previously stood at $30.2 million, according to Kildow.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
As I stood in the shrubbery near her window, Cindy waved her hand this way and that, directing me from inside about the best spot for the feeding station.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
There in the bright spring twilight stood a woman.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
“Everyone has the same end goal and wants to be part of RummiKlub because it’s this curated event and night out that’s different from the traditional going for drinks and standing at a bar.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
What I didn’t mention was that I ate the first quarter of my bowl standing up, at the bar top between my kitchen and the little alcove where our two-person table sits.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
In Ansar standing next to the swampy swimming pool, building owner Mohammed Saab told AFP he waited every year to rent it out over the summer.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
“Josh kind of stood out, literally, in that he was standing outside the circle,” Golden recalled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
But I still just don’t see me standing by and doing nothing when a boy might die.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
