case
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The filing is the latest development in the ongoing case that Apple filed against OpenAI in July, claiming that its own confidential information had been taken by employees who left for its AI rival.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
A former tennis instructor, he treats the sport like a detective treats a case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
That strengthened the case for the Fed to raise rates once again when its policy-setting body meets in two weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
I’m going to keep it going so we might find out there’s a reason that Joe is in Palmdale, and we might find out there’s a reason that he even took this case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
"This case has been cited as one of complete recovery ... without any impairment to the intellect," he says, but in truth, Phineas's personality changed drastically after the accident.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
British courts overturned the convictions of six men across two cases for charges related to alleged rigging of the London Interbank Offered Rate, or Libor, during the 2008 financial panic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Musk says the two systems are separate, but in many cases they share the same underlying satellite technology.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
It also helps arrange travel by purchasing seats on commercial flights and reselling them, and in some cases has chartered aircraft.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
"It can help veterinarians recognize similar cases in the future and may help develop genetic tests."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
So he knew a thing or two about cases.
From "Sleepover Sleuths: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #1" by Carolyn Keene
Marinello said the placement of the furniture lift outside the Louvre suggested that the thieves had cased the space ahead of time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
“I think they’ve cased it and decided to grab people on the outskirts.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
The allegation is one of a slew in a book that exposes painful, intimate — and in some cased contested — details about the lives of Harry and other members of the royal family.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 6, 2023
In cased you missed it: On Monday, the Pope’s apology was featured in our Live coverage.
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2022
A cased sausage hanging from a wire above the binnacle swayed a little as the Susan Marie undulated; otherwise, nothing moved.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
Mason, who found a bullet casing from the incident in her front yard, called it a consequence of letting the property sit empty for so long.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Like endless, dormant serpents, the colossal concrete casing of the pipelines stretched along the seabed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The US justice department says the video also shows Allen "casing the area" at the hotel, on the day before the dinner was held in a basement ballroom there.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
More than £600 of damage was caused to the casing and the museum floor in the incident on 6 December last year, a court heard.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
With her hem, she wiped away the wood filings, then made slightly wider cuts, curving away layers of casing to deepen the drum’s sound.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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