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Brisk labels credit individual creators including art director Joe Johnston and costume designers John Mollo and Trisha Biggar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Nothing dings your credit card, so there is no little electronic moment announcing: Look what you just got.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Many also credit Mao with laying the foundation for China to become a modern, technologically advanced nation, said Mobo Gao, professor of Chinese studies at Adelaide University.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Their solid groundstrokes, sharp movement and never-say-die attitude caused problems for their opponents, who deserve huge credit for staying focused in a partisan environment.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
In short order, the Salomon Brothers trading floor gave birth to small markets in bonds funded by all sorts of strange stuff: credit card receivables, aircraft leases, auto loans, health club dues.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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She credits her "supportive and helpful" husband Jonathan, management at the BBC and her children Iris, 13, Vivienne, 11 and Caspian, 9.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Instead, all of the tedious, disappointing, ridiculous components fuse, creating a viewing experience that is occasionally infuriating in the moment, but leaves the mind the second the credits roll.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
At the $25 million transaction price in Capstone shares, Hutchison calculates that Capstone paid less than a cent per pound for the copper resources alone, excluding by-product credits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
California offers tax credits of up to 35% on qualified expenses, which can be applied to any tax liabilities the production companies have in the state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
The credits roll, sending his room into a near pitch-dark.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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The concept of electromagnetic radiation originated with him and is credited as paving the way for Einstein's special theory of relativity.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Shen and Leung credited their decision to build financial assets, rather than home equity, with giving them the financial independence to retire early, and live off their portfolio as digital nomads around the world.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Nieto credited Flock cameras with helping detectives develop leads and track a vehicle of interest associated with the investigation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Instead, it allowed construction to continue because it found the trust unlikely to have standing, and credited the government’s warnings that a halt could create national security, engineering, and operational problems.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
They’d learned to expect little from bosses and other authority figures, with the single and crucial exception of a teacher named Mike Brown, whom they both credited with having changed their lives.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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Several of his Carolina team-mates were in attendance for his first-round win, with Samuel crediting their "fighting energy" with helping him "get the job done" against Machac.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
If policymakers issue a forecast, they start crediting evidence that confirms it and discounting evidence that doesn’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
While crediting Spahn with helping the CDU return to power, the chancellor added: "Credibility is the most valuable asset in politics."
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
During the 2025 postseason, Randle shook his reputation for fading in the playoffs, crediting his perseverance to a mentality instilled in him many years earlier by Bryant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
The Assyrians have left us the smallest possible grounds for crediting them with its possession.
From The Grotesque in Church Art by T. Tindall Wildridge
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