clock
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While many will welcome the extra sleep, others may have hoped we’d have seen an end to this twice-annual clock changing practice by now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
Nelson is lost amid a series of avalanches, and the clock starts ticking.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
Forensics teams are working around the clock and have identified 12 bodies, but for many relatives the wait is proving unbearable.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
The US Secret Service said it was "working around the clock" "to identify, freeze, trace, and recover" stolen funds.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Now with a child on each knee and ten more crowded close, he drew from another pocket his heavy cross-shaped winding key, each of the four ends shaped for a different size clock.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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