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There is nothing untoward about these commitments, which are the cost of doing business, and they will work out fine so long as Anthropic’s revenue booms, as the company hopes it will.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
That’s “everybody,” not “everything”: Enterprise is fine, but don’t think you’re bigger than you are.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Ben Duckett made a fine 105 - only the opener, Sam Curran and Gus Atkinson passing 20 in blameless conditions.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
Each also received a $10,000 fine as part of their punishment that will be paid to the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
When she hung up, she said it was fine to keep being friends—as long as we stuck to the same gaming schedule as always.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
The casting introduces its own familiar comic premise: the polished gay man enlisted to introduce his less domestically accomplished counterparts to the finer points of everyday living.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
Although other specialized microscopes can achieve finer resolution, the combination of detailed imaging, gentle illumination, and extended observation makes iISM particularly valuable for studying living biological systems.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
WWE Hall of Famer Paul Heyman described it as a "truly terrible loss" and said he was a "tremendous talent and even finer human being".
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Though not everyone seemed to have grasped the game’s finer points.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
They were much finer than the towels—the cloth ran silkily through his fingers.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
But that’s only because Lee, in his finest screenplay to date, has laid out precisely where his vectors of hardship, exploitation, pent-up anguish and hidden desire are going to converge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Armed with bundles of TV cash, clubs have been able to attract the finest players in the world.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
A year later, Manchester City paid his 70m euro release clause, and Guardiola turned him into arguably the finest holding midfielder of his generation.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
“By combining the judgment of millions of people,” he writes, “the bond market is the world’s cleverest economist, its best political analyst, its most prescient corporate strategist, and its finest scientist.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
They had sent their full number of trumpeters, male and female, the finest in the islands.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
If found liable, they could be fined if they have not properly undergone a "domestic duty of care".
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Three NFL head coaches were each fined $250,000 Wednesday for their conduct toward game officials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
The league also fined the team $30 million, suspended team owner Ballmer and president of business operations Gillian Zucker for a year and president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank for six months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Under existing powers, those who are asked to stop and refuse could be removed from a train or fined up to £1,000.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
“I’d like to find her before she’s fined for having a pig on a nature preserve. The waterfall’s on the Huyck Preserve. And we’re tracking her to keep her out of scrapes, aren’t we?”
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
He is accused of violating Kalshi’s rules regarding insider trading and market manipulation, fining him more than $71,000.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
In 2016, Ashley admitted to MPs that workers at his Derbyshire warehouse had been paid below the minimum wage and a policy of fining staff for being late was unacceptable.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
"Ignorance of the risks of AI usage is no longer an excuse," the judge wrote, fining the lawyer $1,000 and sending him on a three-hour course on AI-assisted legal practice.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
That’s not only because judges are fining more lawyers for their laziness, but because the publicity about these embarrassments has been inescapable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
Her words sliced through the air and the cries and shouts and grunts coming from everyone in the tangled mass of bodies fining the stairs from top to bottom went silent.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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