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The filmmakers say they discovered more than 120 separate allegations online.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The new agreement calls for all sides to immediately halt military operations, and for an International Stabilization Force to separate Israeli troops from NCAG-controlled areas.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
For years, policymakers have treated the nation’s fiscal challenges as separate debates.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
In the 2010s, the company settled two separate class-action lawsuits with former employees, for a total of more than $45 million, who alleged they’d been prevented from benefiting fully from the ESOP.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Kate was able to mirror-write a message using her right hand, call the alphabet when raps sounded, and take down a separate rapped message with her left hand, at the same time.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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A spectrum separates light into its component wavelengths, allowing astronomers to investigate the chemistry and motion of distant objects.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
After the World Cup tournament played across 16 very different venues, we asked an architect what separates a great soccer stadium from the rest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
What separates Dean from the U.K. pop-soul tradition she emerged from, though, is the simple fact that she has hits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
That distinction is what separates these trips from ordinary vacations.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
People always think there’s this huge hundred-foot-high barrier that separates doing good from doing bad.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
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Flouting the Senate’s authority, Caesar crossed the Rubicon, the river that separated territories directly under Rome’s control from the province of Cisalpine Gaul, at the head of an army in 49 B.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Prison staff reportedly separated the two men and Combs was placed in solitary confinement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
The researchers examined molecules in the gas phase, where they were separated from outside influences such as solvents and surfaces.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
"There is also concern about families being separated."
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Only now did I realize we were being separated.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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Roberts, who has also talked about separating the visit from politics, kept his review brief.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has also floated separating the three-nation agreement into two separate pacts—one with Mexico and one with Canada.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
They showed fewer signs of separating or becoming unusually thick.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
“The goal of separating the publication of the report from our earnings results is to keep the focus on our primary financial metrics — revenue and operating profit,” Netflix said in its letter to shareholders.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
As White strove to be a modern evidence man, he had to learn many new techniques, but the most useful one was timeless: coldly, methodically separating hearsay from facts that he could prove.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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