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Michigan, or the titanic struggle of Joey Chestnut vs. a hot dog, the distinction of greatest rivalry in sports belongs to a showdown that isn’t such a regular fixture on the calendar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

You don’t have to be a law professor to understand the logical tension there, and yet Roberts really didn’t try very hard to persuade anyone that that was a reasonable distinction.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

“That distinction matters because markets have become increasingly comfortable with the view that the worst of the inflation shock is behind us,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026

It is understood the decision was rooted in efforts to simplify the group's portfolio, with the distinction between Halifax and Lloyds seen as becoming less prominent in recent years.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

In this tiny room, it was about as far away as if he'd sat right next to her on the bed, but the distinction between chair and bed somehow felt safer, less scandalous.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

Hemani’s answer is that constitutional rights cannot turn on analogies that survive only because the categories have been defined so broadly that the distinctions disappear.

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026

Quite a few religions were considered cults in the beginning, Christianity among them, so it does make some sense not to wade too deeply into the finer distinctions.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026

In one of its many distinctions from other festivals, Ojai stays fresh by yearly changing music directors and for its 80th anniversary Esa-Pekka Salonen returned after a quarter-century absence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

These differences reflect broader distinctions in the social behavior of the two species.

From Science Daily ● May 31, 2026

At a given latitude, there are also ecological distinctions between the coastal lowlands and the interior uplands.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond