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Carson was sipping tea and eating crackers at her seaside home in Iceland — she also resides in Ann Arbor, Mich., where she teaches — after she got the big news.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
"This is our Eiffel Tower. I think without football, the brand value would not be this big," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Daniel Farke's side are really solid but also carry a big threat too, and they are a very different proposition to the side Arsenal thumped 5-0 at Emirates Stadium at the start of last season.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Known for his math skills and obsession with exotic parrots, Lemssouguer has faced big swings before, given his penchant for taking large stakes in companies in turmoil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Mystery Auntie followed my eyes, broke into a big grin, and waved her arms like she was landing a jet.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
A win would be big for Manchester United boss Michael Carrick after their shaky start to the season but the implications for his future would be bigger if his side lose.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Chipotle shares, meanwhile, have fallen 11.7% over that period, amid a bigger fast-casual slump and malaise over pricier “slop bowls” that have become a staple in that segment of the restaurant industry.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
“The bigger question is, would we really be able to trust them to provide truthful information concerning the event even if they do decide to elaborate further?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
However, as their earnings skyrocket, many workers are demanding a bigger cut of profits.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Every so often, tiny items ran only as fillers between bigger stories, reminding the American public “The three Fox Sisters … are alive.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Plus, rogue pilots are now one of the biggest threats to airline safety—and the race is on for next summer’s $50,000 internships.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
UniSuper, one of Australia's biggest pension funds, was among the institutional investors that decided not take part in the IPO.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
But tit-for-tat tariffs between the world's two biggest economies caused billions in US agriculture export losses between 2018 and 2019.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Proponents of H-1B note that Silicon Valley’s biggest tech companies are founded or run by immigrants, and the efforts to thwart H-1B have already started stifling talent flow and startup creation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Rowdy seemed to realize that this was one of the biggest days of my life.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
I've bigged myself up about doing an Ironman, but now I'm starting to regret that!
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
“This agreement has been bigged up as something that will be a solution to the world’s food shortage, and it is just not,” said Tracey Allen, an agricultural commodities strategist at JPMorgan Chase.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2022
This album has been bigged up by professional critics over the age of 50, but they are all closet fans.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 24, 2020
Brendan was never as good as people bigged him up to me.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2015
That city took Joshua by miracle of God and commandment of the angel, and destroyed it, and cursed it and all them that bigged it again.
From The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Sir John Mandeville
Newey effectively worked only three days a week, Horner would say, bigging up the roles of Wache and the technical leadership team around him, especially head of aerodynamics Enrico Balbo.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2025
That said, this England group is always bigging each other up so it is hard to know.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2025
Another massive performance and others aside from Sinfield might be bigging him up.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
GP I really don’t want it to sound like I’m bigging myself up.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
This is no mine ain house, I ken by the bigging o't'.
From Waverley: or, 'Tis sixty years since by Sir Walter Scott
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