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Just eight months ago, Donyell Malen was struggling to make a significant impact at Aston Villa.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Stocks ended the session lower for the seventh time in the past eight sessions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Pro-testing professors have dominated public comment at earlier regents meetings, pointing to all eight Ivy League campuses, Caltech and Stanford, which reintroduced testing after dropping it around the pandemic over test access and equity concerns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Concerns were raised about just eight individuals, with a civilian member of staff facing a criminal investigation.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
We are able to watch kids between the ages of one and eight.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
We gather in sixes and eights for dinner at places chosen more for their decibels than their desserts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Looping mischievously around one another, befezzed Shriners do figure eights on their tiny motorcycles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Goddesses on roller skates glide in buttery figure eights across the glass-fiber-reinforced concrete.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
Angela said she "loved" her outdoor class, because in traditional academic settings, while some of her friends are getting grade eights or nines, she will be "struggling getting threes".
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
If they bust a play, make ’em run windsprints and figure eights but stay with ’em, Lord.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
