a line
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Morgan being respectful of their relationship this whole time, even though Esther didn’t like it, it really never crossed a line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
He added: "With the party under new leadership and a renewed approach to managing differences of opinion, I am keen to move forward positively and draw a line under this episode."
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
“It’s kind of like adding a line of code, so that once the plant is reacting to, say, fungal pressure, it’s going to start producing a protein that creates an optical signal,” says Aronov.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Feigning stomach cramps on a frozen morning in eastern Ukraine, a young Russian lieutenant stepped away from his fellow soldiers into a line of bare trees—and waited.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Razi’s family lived in one of a line of fishermen’s houses facing the beach.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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