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[sees] / sis /


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A roadmap released by the Board of Peace and dated Thursday called for Israel to complete commitments to cease military operations in Gaza "without delay".

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

"You've got to be awed by it all, which I never cease to be."

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

But sociologists in the scholar-activist mold note that Du Bois also believed in using sociological truth in the pursuit of activism, promising in 1906 to “never cease to protest and assail the ears of America.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

Both OnPoint and Xpress delivery stations will permanently cease operations, and no replacement companies have been announced yet to operate there.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

God had told people that they would have to cease to live as individuals.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

If exchange ceases to be reciprocal, the entire relationship changes.

From Science Daily Jul. 7, 2026

"It never ceases to amaze me how the density of the informational ecosystem was at the time".

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

Nikki’s interiority ceases only a moment after that fateful conversation about love and romance on the way home from the bar.

From Salon Jun. 4, 2026

But if it goes to a nonspouse heir, the IRS says it ceases to be an HSA and treats it as one big withdrawal that counts as income in that tax year for the beneficiaries.

From MarketWatch May 21, 2026

But when war becomes literally continuous, it also ceases to be dangerous.

From "1984" by George Orwell

The duo studied dusty LPs from Mexico and Colombia and employed a panoply of vintage keyboards to re-create the ghostly sounds of a Latin America that ceased to exist decades ago.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

Mr Aquilino phoned his mother every day and his contact with her had ceased by the time Desborough made the trip, prosecutors told the court.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

My preferred way to eat chicken noodle soup as a child was with so many Saltines crushed into the bowl that it ceased to resemble soup altogether.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2026

Once South Africa ceased to be a Cold War pawn, the economic costs of sanctions imposed by countries across the globe broke the government’s resistance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

A big gringo shouted in English to Señor Fidencio, and at once the sound of the horn ceased.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

Samsung Electronics is ceasing sales of televisions and home appliances in China due to fierce competition.

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 2026

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmail Baghaei, told reporters Thursday that the talks starting would be “contingent” upon hostilities ceasing in Lebanon.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2026

Another four a week are ceasing to be played because of a lack of maintenance.

From BBC Mar. 11, 2026

He was accused of ceasing his rent payments in October 2016, two months before his lease came to an end in December of that year.

From MarketWatch Jan. 8, 2026

“The Oakland Police Department is also ceasing its pilot program at West Oakland High as of this morning. The metal detectors will be removed by the end of the week.”

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro




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