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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
To its credit, Porsche understands that an electric car’s performance includes charging performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Grandma smiled and said, “Oh, I knew. Us old grandmas know a lot more than you boys give us credit for.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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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
His game show credits include “The Price Is Right,” “The Soup,” “Jeopardy!” and “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 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
In August, language on Chase’s website stated that Sapphire Reserve cardholders couldn’t use both of their $250 luxury hotel credits for back-to-back stays at the same property within 24 hours of checkout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
And in addition to the credits, my avatar received an equal number of experience points for obtaining the coins.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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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
Yusuf is credited with professionalising the party and is hugely popular with Reform members, but not with all of his colleagues.
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
I recall the first instance where I fully credited his quick parts: I observed him blacking his master’s shoes.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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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
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
"Sultan!—Humility!" repeated Lady Marabout, scarcely crediting her senses.
From Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories by Ouida
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