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[tahym] / taɪm /




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His promise has taken some time to be fulfilled.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026

He worked with pollsters to survey thousands of people about retirement, finding that boomers increasingly saw retirement not as a time for rest but as a time for reinvention and exploration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

They were greeted by astronauts in blue space suits, eager to recount their time in space.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026

Friday's disruption was only the second time such a ground stoppage had been issued in US airspace -- which is among the busiest in the world -- since the 9/11 attacks.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

Still, it takes time for new ideas to sink in.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

The remarkable Wales defence followed as they held up the All Blacks three times over the line to stop New Zealand scoring, to evoke wild celebrations.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026

None of them were part of the recent trial, though at least one is part of the new investigation, and all women were, at various times, in a relationship with Brand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026

Airports encouraged people to check their flight status to avoid long wait times.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

"We also controlled the number of times they have to do it, because in customer service, every interaction is another faked smile."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026

“Oh give up already! How many times do I have to tell you? You can’t love life back into it.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

This experience will also require a timed reservation and a paid ticket—$12 per person for a shared flight and $20 for a solo flight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Naval Academy, having deemed GPS dependable, stopped teaching midshipmen celestial navigation—the discipline of fixing a ship’s position based on timed sightings of the sun and the stars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

But they can’t see what I remember when I hold it: cymbals timed correctly during the performance, a gratified nod from the conductor after weeks of botching it in rehearsal.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

These included timed light exposure, melatonin, a clock-targeting drug called KL001, and time-restricted feeding.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

To achieve even a reasonably smooth and powerful stroke, they had to learn to execute a series of precisely timed and carefully coordinated moves.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Future printings, assuming our book sells enough copies to need them, will not face the same timing constraint, and we’re working to get them printed as we intended.

From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2026

By remarkable timing, the spacecraft passed through the ring current shortly after the May 2024 storm began and again as the disturbance approached its peak.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

“However, the timing creates an unfavorable competitive optic — a prolonged Microsoft 365 disruption comes just as Anthropic makes its initial foray into the productivity layer.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

The problem isn’t the target but the timing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Being attacked was frightening to begin with, and in this case the timing couldn’t have been worse.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau


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