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Some of those spots host elaborate holiday light displays that require set-up in late October.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Even more elaborate deceptions are carried out for complex, high-risk trips abroad.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Rather than relying on elaborate studio sets, the production embraced the neighborhood’s authentic character, allowing real businesses, public squares, and residential streets to become integral parts of the series’ identity.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
It’s not a love expressed through expensive ingredients or elaborate techniques just for the sake of it.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
The gray bigfoot sweeps into an elaborate bow.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
Later, he elaborates more fully on the genius of her portrayal.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
Singh elaborates on the connection young people felt to hip-hop’s deeper tradition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
When questioned on this by her guest, Queer Eye's Tan France, she elaborates on what she likes to cook.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
Whereas brat was about being loud and messy, demure is about being classy, considerate and, as Lebron elaborates, authentic.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2024
A note elaborates that Tío Alejandro was the one who used to own English saddle horses and taught you four girls to ride.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
Dr. Stuart Weiss, a Manhattan endocrinologist, elaborated in an email: “Bigger muscles are not necessarily stronger.”
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2026
He has elaborated on the philosophy in a handful of recent public appearances, and he is writing a book—due out in October—to defend it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
He elaborated a little, calling lidar the wrong solution for self-driving cars, pointing out that humans drive with eyes and a brain, which is fundamentally Tesla’s approach to self-driving technology.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
It was more unrestrained than other models and often elaborated on the delusions without trying to protect the user.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
They never elaborated about just what diseases the toilets contained, but they made it plain that the ailments were both contagious and dire.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
"It's a difficult situation," she said, adding that the US federal government was "helping us out", without elaborating.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
A spokesman for the Turkish Defense Ministry told reporters Thursday that work on the issue was continuing, without elaborating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
"However, there were some casualties on the part of the security forces," it said, without elaborating.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
The Texas senator similarly held a private meeting with Blanche, a conversation he described simply as “positive,” without elaborating which direction he’s leaning on Blanche’s confirmation.
From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2026
"Besides, sometimes elaborating a little bit helps keep the ale flowing on a slow night."
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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