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This is not out of character; his habit is to prematurely declare victory in everything, apparently assuming that the force of his declaration makes it a reality.

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026

The group had no official leaders or formal structure, allowing anyone to declare themselves a member.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

The new figures came as Indonesian officials rebuffed calls to declare the fires a national disaster and said the country was "still capable of handling the situation ourselves" after neighbouring Malaysia again offered assistance.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Students must declare a major by the end of their sophomore year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Stanton continued: “We are assembled...to declare our right to be as free as man is free, to be represented in the government which we are taxed to support.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Charli had opened with the new album’s “Rock Music,” in which she declares that “the dance floor is dead”; here, her sarcasm fooled precisely nobody.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

It declares an El Nino when temperatures there run at least 0.5C above normal and the atmosphere responds, weakening the trade winds and shifting tropical rainfall eastward.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

So declares the Cato Institute’s Scott Lincicome upon rolling out a new dashboard showing that, since June last year, the U.S. has taken equity stakes in 35 companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Rebecca Onion declares that the miniseries is a bracing delight, akin to “kissing a dead fish and taking a shot”—and that’s a compliment!

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

"My genius powers are recharging," Max declares as she brushes the crumbs from her lap.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

Binance founder and biggest shareholder Changpeng Zhao, who no longer manages the company, declared on X that users’ funds were safe, which was echoed by the exchange.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

He had to formally step down from the post two years later after being declared a "foreign agent".

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Honeywell Aerospace’s board additionally declared a 40-cent dividend, payable on Dec. 4 to shareholders of record as of Nov. 13.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Eight months later, with little budgetary wiggle room, the city declared bankruptcy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Bertillon had barely been buried before his successor declared that fingerprints were the future.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Engels recounted that Marx later despaired at what his French disciples made of his work, declaring that he himself was no Marxist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Trump, however, was not entirely sour on Brazil's leftist president, declaring, "I like Lula, I get along with him very well."

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

The one thing Americans love more than a celebrity feud is taking sides and declaring a victor after each round, even if the opponents don’t realize they’re being pitted against each other.

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026

But in the renovated bathrooms the famous plaques above the urinals — including the one declaring “Charles Bukowski pissed here” — will remain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

“I don’t know, Willie, that sounds like something out of the sixties, know what I’m sayin’? Something about declaring war on poverty and Spanish Harlem being a prisoner of war.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez