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It is time to leave the quiet of the museum for the roar of the crowd.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
They point to what they say are £95m in cash reserves as well as the university's purchase of land in the city centre for about £4.5m, which they say is foolish at this time.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
At the time, Powell said he would not leave that position until the probe over the cost overruns was "well and truly over, with transparency and finality."
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
RM’s mother, father and sister even arrived to celebrate, but he didn’t have much time to hang around.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
But right now, Phineas is working on the railroad and his time has nearly come.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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There are also times when the audience strongly disagrees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
“The proceedings were at all times extremely hard fought on both sides,” the panel wrote in its decision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
One of her most memorable career moments came during one particular episode in 1988 - the footage of which has gone viral several times over in recent years.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
To put it another way, it makes it four times as likely that you will die of a neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer’s.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
I started the stitch three times and then pushed the needle through the hide and slowly pulled, snugging up the beads almost like Sela had.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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These included timed light exposure, melatonin, a clock-targeting drug called KL001, and time-restricted feeding.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
This July 4, timed to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, came the White House report.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
“Just go out and be athletic, and I think it started to feel a little bit more timed up.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
There were seats assigned by state and indicated by tall signs on poles, there was a host of precisely timed and deeply forgettable speeches by elected officials, and, of course, there was a keynote speaker.
From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026
Six times it came, nearer at each blast, and with his watch he timed the precision of its intervals—one minute went by between each.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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“Looking ahead, there are two important timing dynamics: when the conventional shell egg market begins to rebalance and when our investments in prepared foods translate into greater earnings contribution,” Miller said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
A spokesperson for the University of Nottingham said it was "disappointed" by the timing of industrial action, adding many students would be "unaffected" by the strikes.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The warnings weren’t specific about the timing or the scale of the possible attack, the officials and people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
The new analysis suggests that accounting for these timing effects can substantially change estimates of how often mammography identifies cancers that would otherwise never have caused a problem.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Somkit swung the staff out with miraculous timing.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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