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Marley’s songs tend to fall into two very broad categories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Beyond its role as a major creditor, China has built a broad economic presence in Zambia, with interests spanning copper mining, roads, airports, power projects and industrial parks.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Auto claims are divided into two broad categories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
A meteor streaked across the New York City area in broad daylight on July 16, 2024, producing a sonic boom as it passed just south of the Statue of Liberty.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
The shadows bathe him in darkness, but he’s immediately recognizable from his broad shoulders.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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“Us old broads are trying to learn the new technology because, I mean, we’re kind of trapped,” said Linda Harner, whom I met at the Culver City Senior Center, where she takes a Spanish class.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2022
There were broads smiles and a joyful unity.
From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2022
This is a workout for ladies, by which she means older broads who might appreciate the occasional low-impact leg lifts.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 9, 2019
“I think they just bonded over overcoming their experiences, and being great broads, and being tremendous mothers,” she explained.
From Fox News ● Nov. 30, 2018
Every year, about this time, it was our practice to go in a house-boat over the broads of Samalda.
From The Home and the World by Tagore, Rabindranath
Will it be filmed for a broader audience?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
And that could stimulate more activity for companies involved in building and financing these projects, which will eventually trickle down to the broader economy, the Wells Fargo team said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
“Iran’s demands surrounding transit arrangements, potential tolls, reconstruction costs and broader concessions have raised the bar for a lasting agreement.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
The research also raises a much broader question about how humans may continue adapting to modern diets.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
Unless, that is, “the economy” is construed in a broader sense— as a means to build and maintain hundreds of prisons.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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That may not necessarily be unique in the broadest span of TV history, but it’s rare enough for the layperson to recognize the difference between a James Burrows show and those of other directors.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
David Hockney, who has died aged 88, was Britain's favourite artist - and a man of trenchant views, expressed in the broadest of Yorkshire vowels.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Streamers are now faced with having to assemble the broadest range of content on their platforms to keep subscribers onboard for longer.
From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026
Start with the broadest measure of growth, inflation-adjusted GDP.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
“How can woman’s position be changed from that of a subordinate to an equal,” she wrote, “without opposition, without the broadest discussion of all the questions involved in her present degradation?”
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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