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Having initially struggled for form, he turned things around when it mattered most.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Two of the three major wildfires near of Madrid have merged into one, and are threatening to join up to form a massive inferno just kilometres from the capital.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
The brothers staunchly disagree with the maxim that puns are the lowest form of humor, and their works are almost universally branded with gratingly unfunny names.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“What happened during that period was that a consensus emerged,” Eustis said, noting that it was expressed in the form of national endowments, state arts agencies, public policy institutes and corporate philanthropic departments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
I stood staring at the tiny unmoving form with my heart thudding strangely against my ribs.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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To estimate each candidate’s net worth, the Tribune took the midpoint of their lowest and highest possible worths, based on the assets and liabilities they listed on their disclosure forms.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said Beijing opposed "all forms of unilateral tariff measures," and warned that trade wars were "not in the interests of any party."
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
The factory forms part of the $500 billion the U.S. company has committed to investing in advanced artificial-intelligence platforms in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The family recalled arriving at Addenbrooke's Hospital and experiencing "the worst 12 hours" of their lives after the attack, which involved "signing consent forms involving resuscitation and amputation".
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Very slowly, a smile forms on his face.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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That difference was difficult to explain because the Sun and those meteorites formed from the same cloud of gas and dust about 4.6 billion years ago.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
But the piece also reflected feelings Valdez had about his long-estranged brother Frank, an engineer whose alienating efforts to deny his own background and fit in formed a heavy undercurrent in Valdez’s life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Here is a descending-triangle pattern that has formed over many months, with support at $82.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
The text formed part of what is known as a codex, where parchment sheets were folded to create pages and marked out to create book numbers to help readers navigate.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Their moon-cast shadows formed lean shapes that stretched and folded, leaped and spun and skated across the cracked plaster.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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Additionally, momentum, as measured by the relative-strength index, has been declining, forming a series of lower lows and lower highs.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
The Garden have certainly earned respect from their peers, elders and juniors since forming in 2011.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
“They’re forming conclusions based on one person’s account.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
While bedridden after surgery Carla connected with other women with endometriosis and started online support groups which evolved into her forming a charity, The Endometriosis Foundation.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
The peasant farmers had watched the dam being built, but even when it began blocking the Artibonite River, forming a reservoir that flooded their farms, they felt stunned disbelief.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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