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[chan-l] / ˈtʃæn l /




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But ahead of the vote, Kesic lost his television platform when his channel dropped his show, citing "commercial reasons".

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

After the failed attack, a Kremlin official serving as a back channel to the German government contacted his counterpart in Berlin, according to officials familiar with the exchange.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

“And local makers will gain a new channel to reach customers from around the world.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

The channel also became home to Scottish drama, comedy, documentaries, current affairs and sport including Debate Night and Scottish national team football games.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

She wedged the cone into a side channel of the Musengezi, with the narrow end pointing toward a fenced-in pool.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

It’s also amassed 2.3 million followers and roughly 20 million monthly views across five YouTube channels and various social media platforms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

The BBC is to close its BBC Three and BBC Scotland television channels in the spring, as the corporation continues to make £500m of savings over two years.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Salesforce said Braze will help businesses act on customer behavior in real time, deliver richer experiences across channels and improve personalization.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Braze, meanwhile, helps marketers build deeper customer relationships, responding to customer behavior in real time to coordinate personalized experiences across channels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Nevertheless, central Indonesian islands between Bali and Australia remained surrounded and separated by deepwater channels.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Unavoidably the text has been chopped and channeled, with some swapping of parts, bits of narration screwed into dialogue and events described in a paragraph blown out into scenes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

It was so much energy getting channeled into one big opting-out.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

Some funds channeled investor money primarily into companies linked to them, according to investors and fund disclosures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

When he sat down to write "Insidious: Out of the Further," the sixth installement of the blockbuster horror franchise, director Jacob Chase channeled his fears over a major life event: becoming a parent.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

The problem was the system of incentives that channeled the greed.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Anger at the exam mishandling has been channelled by the newly-founded satirical "Cockroach People's Party", which has won millions of followers on social media since its launch in May.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

Asked by AFP about Russia's economic woes, the Russian leader on Thursday channelled Mark Twain.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

Their name is an anagram of the phrase "I'm Fearless", and those early songs channelled the girl group trope of combative, bulletproof confidence.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

The researchers tested both smoother ice shelf bases and more realistic channelled formations under cooler and slightly warmer ocean conditions.

From Science Daily ● May 10, 2026

The fear in her voice channelled perfectly with the charmspeak.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

Magyar seamlessly switches from channeling her inner Paula Abdul while leading line dances, to embodying Howie Mandel or Steve Harvey.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Interestingly, as his career progressed, Lichtenstein seems to have become more interested in channeling art history—a progression that is the inverse of most artists’.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Friedman was, as usual, channeling mainstream foreign policy dogma, which briefly held that constructive change might emerge from the chaotic aftermath of the Oct.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Then we applied temporary cat tattoos onto our arms, channeling our inner teen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

They were often the sort of Marvellers who had trouble only channeling good light and following rules.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

For the last 25 years, he's been the frontman of The Killers, channelling his love of stadium rock and British new wave on songs like Mr Brightside, When You Were Young and Human.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

The condition was that he must enrol in either tennis, badminton or fencing as a means of channelling focus.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

He has staked his leadership on aggressive reforms that aim to deliver double-digit growth, slashing bureaucratic red tape, empowering the private sector and channelling vast resources into mega-projects.

From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026

In north London, Arteta is channelling Heinze's enthusiasm – and the Gunners are flying.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

Everywhere exclusiveness, a narrow channelling of impulse and energy.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley


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