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They can take credit for helping turn the annual schedule release into an event; last year their Minecraft-themed release video was the most viewed reveal on X with more than 19 million views.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 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
Suzanne stood behind the counter running a lady’s credit card through the machine with one hand while she answered the ringing phone with the other.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
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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
She leaves the place—New York’s Tavern on the Green, in Central Park—and gets into a cab, kicking off the film’s opening credits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
He was a prolific voice actor as well whose credits included “FernGully: The Last Rainforest,” “The Wild Thornberrys” and “Over the Garden Wall.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 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
I'd expect that from the shallow, pompous best-friend character who would try to get between us, but not from the guy I was supposed to end up with before the credits rolled.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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Late in the fourth quarter, the public-address announcer credited Siale with a block on a big run play even though the big man hadn’t touched the field all half.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
He credited the Nepalese army for doing "a wonderful job" in managing the explosions with precision to ensure they would not destabilise the tunnel.
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
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
The springs were credited with many miraculous cures.
From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz
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Travis Kalanick, the ousted founder of Uber, resurfaced publicly this year, crediting that very dynamic as he pushed his newest AI-focused startup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
The award-winning author testified during the trial, describing the attack and crediting a firefighter with saving his life by providing medical care.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 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
My own emotions were suspended till interrogations had obtained a knowledge of her reasons for crediting this fatal event, and till she had explained the time and manner of her death.
From Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Charles Brockden Brown
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