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The fault line is one of Southern California’s top seismic danger zones because it runs under dense and crowded areas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
It will be to the first trip by US President Donald Trump's top negotiators to Ukraine's capital.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Like many of Wall Street’s top money managers, Colin Edsman has a team helping him stay on top of his investments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Automatic license plate readers like Flock cameras were by far the top choice for combatting catalytic converter theft, beating out overtime for investigators and additional training.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Before it clicked shut, I was fleeing up the stairs to my own room at the top of the house where the tears could come.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Observations also show that it extends through several layers of the atmosphere, meaning it is not simply a pattern visible at the cloud tops.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
If Act III tops the charts next week, Kasabian will beat Led Zeppelin's tally of having seven consecutive studio albums go to number one.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Twenty-four minutes later, the tops were craggy, the centers soft and brownie-like, and just enough little green threads remained visible to remind you what season it was.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Turek could also benefit from the strong campaign being waged by gubernatorial front-runner Rob Sand, who tops the Democratic ticket.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
I hang out in the front of the shop, checking out some new tops.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
Its flower is mostly black and topped with horn-like appendages that rise from a dome-shaped "miter."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Natural gas prices in the UK this week topped 185p per therm, also the highest since late 2022.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
While the magazine’s monthly circulation eventually topped 500,000, it also fueled skeptics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The forecasts came as the company reported higher profit and sales in the second quarter that topped Wall Street’s forecasts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The mysterious massive object was shaped like a barrel topped with a platform and a jumble of structures.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
The carmaker's shares opened up almost 10 percent Friday, topping Germany's bluechip DAX index, and analysts at Deutsche Bank said the agreement showed the company was "capable of making the difficult decisions required".
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Shares in Broadcom dipped more than 2% in premarket trading on Thursday despite topping analysts’ expectations for its fiscal third quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Her biggest streaming country-pop classic 9 to 5 was written for the 1980 film of the same name, and earned her an Oscar nomination as well as topping the US charts.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Most coastal and valley areas will be 10 to 15 degrees above normal, with temperatures topping 100 in the valleys, according to the National Weather Service.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
She devoured the entire bowl, the crushed-pistachio topping, the tiny rice noodles at the bottom.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
