trail
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"Everything I want done, I want done yesterday," she said in a recent interview on the campaign trail, where she reputedly refuelled by peeling hard-boiled eggs.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
The grind continued, and it started to feel like another day on the trail.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Of inflation, in public, with a paper trail.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
The team then examined the most promising locations with an underwater drone and the Deep Sea Camera System, which functions somewhat like a set of trail cameras placed beneath the ocean.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
The Walker strode behind them, forcing them almost at a run up a rocky elk trail that at times had them climbing on their hands and knees.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
The computing power that these chips in the pipeline can individually deliver still trails the best Nvidia chips available today, according to specifications released by the two companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
"It features the smallest start line across the series in this country due to single-track trails and estate gates," he added.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Happy trails back to 1996, and hope you have a great night!
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
John Ternus took over as Apple's chief executive on Tuesday, inheriting a company that towers over the smartphone market but trails its rivals in artificial intelligence.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
We had acquired four all-terrain vehicles—two small ones and two slightly larger—which we pulled with teams on woodland trails before there was snow for sleds.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
“Yeah, probably, because …” He trailed off, thinking for several seconds.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
It was also the first time the Trojans trailed this season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Though he trailed 13-10 in the final minutes, he was now close enough for a game-winning touchdown or a possible field goal to force overtime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Lowell and Karina are trailed to the east by Tropical Storm Marie, currently a few hundred miles south of Baja California and "expected to become a hurricane later today," the NHC said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Ivan’s four other brothers followed in a gaggle, and their parents trailed after them.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
China, long seen as trailing the United States on frontier AI, has been closing that gap fast.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
A statuesque figure of death, trailing black fabric, sweeps up the casualties of war with the efficiency of a human vacuum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The 27-year arrived at the US Open trailing Aryna Sabalenka by just 434 points and was guaranteed to secure the number one ranking for the first time in her career by reaching the semi-finals.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
As we neared the lagoon, a black-winged stilt flew alongside the car, trailing its legs behind it.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
I noticed the hem was coming undone in a corner of it, trailing a thread on the ground as she dragged a wooden paddle through the thickening akpl. in the cauldron.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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