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Claire had dropped Jack and Paul off at school that morning, with a call of "I love you" to the pair as they walked away.
From BBC β Oct. 17, 2026
It is now flanked by a similar-sized area they call "the fridge", which they temporarily closed as a way to build up fish stocks.
From Barron's β Oct. 17, 2026
Today, a typical driverless truck run is best suited for what shippers call the middle-mile, or the stretch from depot to depot.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 17, 2026
The five siblings call Jeanie’s petition “legally and factually baseless” in a statement provided to The Times on Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 16, 2026
“They don’t call it Turtle Island’s Best-Kept Secret for nothing.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
After they met through work, there were too many flowers, too many phone calls, too much interest in where she was.
From BBC β Oct. 17, 2026
“Be cautious of unexpected emails, phone calls, or text messages” related to the incident, including claims that the caller is from ETS or the state or a credit monitoring company, officials also warned.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 17, 2026
It calls the search “neither justified nor lawful” and asks that copies of any video or audio recordings made in the home be shared.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 16, 2026
When connected to Wi-Fi, you can make unlimited voice or video calls, send texts, plus share photos, videos and large files to anyone with an active WhatsApp account.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 16, 2026
But nights can mean frantic calls for the police, or for an ambulance or the hospital.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
More than 100 current and former cast and crew members of The Archers, including Dame Judi Dench, have called on the BBC to keep the programme in Birmingham.
From BBC β Oct. 16, 2026
A “whistleblower” is seeking the counsel of Michael and Olivia to sue a tech company called Colt AI, demanding they reinstate safety guardrails and an ethics committee.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 16, 2026
The phone call had come from Amacher—the man now complaining the situation has been blown out of proportion—who said he had called the center, pretending to be a member of Talarico’s family.
From Slate β Oct. 16, 2026
But there’s a twist: The water is likely to fall soon below the threshold for the Lower Basin states, measured at a bend in the river called Lee’s Ferry in Arizona.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 16, 2026
She was in the kitchen washing the dishes when he called her again last night.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Right now, I really like Da Prato, which is run by this chef Elisa Da Prato, and she’s calling it a supper club.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 16, 2026
Petti valued its remaining operating business at just $6.6 billion, calling mergers-and-acquisitions activity the “primary upside catalyst.”
From MarketWatch β Oct. 16, 2026
Part of the way the law fails women is through the narrative that what I’m calling “overentitlement” is actually in line with what everyone wants and is consenting to.
From Slate β Oct. 16, 2026
Jamie Miller, who is originally from Pontprennau in Cardiff, was close to calling it quits on his music career at the start of 2026, deciding it was his "last chance", financially and emotionally.
From BBC β Oct. 16, 2026
Someone was calling the meeting, or whatever this was, to order, and I turned my attention to the front of the room, where a familiar-looking man stood.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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