for a time
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According to Lane and court filings in the Eastern District of New York, for a time El Chapo was able to communicate with a prisoner in a neighboring cell by shouting through the walls.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
The driven, unrelenting oil executive remade Exxon into a colossus that for a time was the world’s biggest and most profitable company.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026
In 1956, he was elected to Sheffield City Council, and served, for a time, as chairman of the housing committee.
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026
A trained prosecutor and diplomat, Bajrakitiyabha was educated in Britain, Thailand and the United States, earning a law degree from Cornell University, and serving for a time as Thailand's ambassador to Austria.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
It was a modest portrait that for a time became the highest refinement of Renaissance painting.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
