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How much would actually have been paid back to Fifa as an "annual license payment" referred to in a flow diagram in the charts, but not quantified?
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
No known natural stars occupy that region of the H-R diagram.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
It is one thing to make a schematic diagram of social categories, and another thing to confront examples of them in the flesh; that is the tension that runs through “People.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
The diagram shows the basis of the 18% figure, as well as one showing 46% chunk of jobs will see less immediate change:
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 17, 2026
As he brought up the diagram of Roz’s body, his face tightened with worry.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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No need to untangle the complex hypocrisy here — it’s all laid out in arrows and diagrams.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
We also received an exhaustive tutorial in the history of taste and of restorations executed to respond to that taste, with helpful diagrams for each exhibited work indicating what was old and what was added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
Over time, published diagrams came close to showing the true shape of the optic nerves but never captured it fully.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 19, 2025
One of the more eye-catching diagrams in Universal's planning documents shows a train line stretching from mainland Europe all the way to Bedford.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2025
When she. was a girl, my mother had dreamed of owning a flower shop, so she drew dozens of diagrams of how she might organize and display the flowers for the funeral.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
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They’ve been so good that offenses have diagramed plans around them, assigning double-teams and going above and beyond to neutralize them.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
The 15-1 vote favors the “North of C-ID” option, just diagramed this winter, underground near the corner of Fourth Avenue and James Street.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
Watch Purdy take the snap, forget what’s supposed to happen or how a play was diagramed, keep your eyes on the overachieving quarterback, and just hold your breath.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2023
He was a coach with few rules, but players competed hard for him because he managed relationships as well as he diagramed plays.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2021
“We haven’t diagramed a single sentence all year. I’m getting worried about the College Boards.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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They diagrammed it for their BP sponsors as a big triangle beneath the rising line of future carbon emissions, what Socolow recalls describing as a “wedge,” cut up into equal-sized slices.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
Later in the second, WSU diagrammed a rollout pass for Ward, whose receiver made Arbuckle look like a genius this time.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2023
You already have diagrammed some of the Mark Twain excerpt and know how plots move along.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
Lehrer diagrammed the product at the very end of last April.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 18, 2021
He had diagrammed the wiring and the plumbing.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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Schmedding won’t be the only one diagraming plans to slow down that offense.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2023
Willis said he’s had no problem diagraming plays — whether it be Liberty’s offense or the plays taught to him during the session.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 2, 2022
Working with an illustrator, Rogen and Goldberg had completed what was in essence a digital flip book diagraming every scene in “Escape.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2021
But you could also write her legacy just by diagraming her coaching tree, and that version might be even more impressive.
From Washington Post ● May 25, 2017
Oh, I see," Cleo replied, somewhat satisfied at the diagraming, "and our vacation out at Bellaire is to be a cross between a wedding and a trip to Europe.
From The Girl Scouts at Bellaire Or Maid Mary's Awakening by Garis, Lilian
On the upside, kids no longer have to spend hours of their wild and precious lives diagramming sentences.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2025
It’s much more than an exercise in diagramming a sentence.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2023
It was like he was diagramming the whole thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
Breaking through creative roadblocks can be challenging, but Isaac and Karen trade tricks, such as diagramming passages of your favorite writing and inventing weird rules to find a voice that fits your work.
From Slate ● Mar. 24, 2022
When Mrs. Baker asked if I'd like to partner with Meryl Lee on the sentence diagramming exercise in the afternoon, I told her I'd rather do it with Doug Swieteck.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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