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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
Journalists and some White House staff on board did not know the US president had been smuggled out as part of an elaborate ruse in response to a possible Iranian threat.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 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
Instead, Musk even offered to elaborate on one complex question, sounding sympathetic to an analyst’s plight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Beowulf’s picture was far more elaborate than those of his siblings, and it did need a bit more work coloring in the background, but the gist of it was on full, frightening view.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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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
In a recent essay at Scientific American, leading psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton elaborates:
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2024
Instead, it thoughtfully elaborates on the stage show, which opened on Broadway in 2003.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024
“Face to Face” elaborates on this possible evidence as well as leads Peterson and his supporters claim paint a different picture from that which the prosecution used to secure Peterson’s conviction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 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
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In his few public appearances since taking office, Warsh has said the committee is committed to delivering price stability, but has not elaborated on how it would do so or when it may intervene.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Dr. Stuart Weiss, a Manhattan endocrinologist, elaborated in an email: “Bigger muscles are not necessarily stronger.”
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2026
Hamilton also elaborated on a remark he had made after his win in Barcelona about having incurred an injury at the track last year.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Bob Elliott, CEO of Unlimited Funds, elaborated on this point in a post on X.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026
He elaborated on it nine months later during a week of daylong interviews with me in Seoul.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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"It's a difficult situation," she said, adding that the US federal government was "helping us out", without elaborating.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
“Decisions regarding the army will be worked out,” he said, without elaborating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 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
“We have assessed the business and are taking additional actions to reposition where needed and further strengthen our product engine,” she said, without elaborating.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
Ted Skopinski was the trajectories guy, elaborating on the math describing the path taken by a space vehicle as it left Earths surface and settled into orbit around it.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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