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And, unlike Miller, who gave credit to “a large degree of luck, and maybe some modicum of skill,” Wood saw 2020 as a sign of more to come.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Verstappen's concerns centre on the new power-units introduced this year, and the degree of energy management required.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

“But for the degree of broadening that would warrant an upgrade, the market would have to defy the four-year cycle tendency for weakness from April to October.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Before Reed Hastings revolutionized the global entertainment business, he sold Rainbow vacuum cleaners door-to-door during his gap year between high school and Bowdoin College, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

As for their mother, Mr. Collins’s letter had done away much of her ill-will, and she was preparing to see him with a degree of composure which astonished her husband and daughters.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen