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The Chargers have not had a 1,000-yard rusher since Melvin Gordon in 2017, although the running game is a central component of McDaniel’s offense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Treasurys have been another preferred asset class for central banks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 6, 2026
“A consumer isn’t going to buy what they don’t understand, and that I think has been the central issue behind plug-in hybrids’ relative lack of adoption here in North America,” Kim said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
The Great Helmsman, who died September 9 1976, is still very much a fixture in central Henan province's Nanjie -- often dubbed "China's last Maoist village".
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
The latest outbreak was allegedly the result of human waste contaminating a local water supply in the central plateau.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Celia imagines the cane she cuts being ground in the centrales, and its thick sap collected in vats.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
As at present organized, the force is divided into twenty-six brigades, one for each arrondissement and six companies, known as the reserve, formerly the brigades centrales.
From Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 by William Walton
At that time the Museum sent out to the Écoles centrales of the different departments of France named collections made up from the duplicates, and in this sort of drudgery Lamarck took an active part.
From Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work by A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard
Others, known as "colonos," are planters only, the crop being sold to the mills commonly called "centrales."
From Cuba, Old and New by Albert G. (Albert Gardner) Robinson
The two sulci centrales sive fissuræ Rolandi run straight to the border of the hemisphere, less deeply impressed than is normally the case, without forming an angle with each other.
From The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. by William T. Preyer
Heating to such houses is supplied by large plants known as TETs - an acronym that stands for "heat and electricity centrals" in Ukrainian as they generate electricity as well as heat.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
Its 15 "centrals" are pals with their customers, keep them in touch with local gossip.
From Time Magazine Archive
They claim that a majority of Cuba's 175 "centrals" are now operating at a loss or barely paying expenses.
From Time Magazine Archive
About the centrals was a new and unexpected enthusiasm.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Okay, two of them can go back in. Your centrals, or as you know them, your two front teeth,” Dr. Maris declared, looking pleased.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 2
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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