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Singer-songwriter Beth McCarthy tells Newsbeat she is "fuming" at the BBC Introducing stage being scrapped as she feels it is "such a foundation point of all festivals".
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
In 2017, her namesake foundation opened the Yayoi Kusama Museum for her art in Tokyo near her home and studio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Her non-profit foundation is committed to keeping the popular program going.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Such structures could later have helped insects exploit a wide variety of terrestrial microhabitats and may have provided an anatomical foundation for their enormous later diversification.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Capron’s pamphlet gave spirit communications a religious foundation in the theology of Emanuel Swedenborg.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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The finding supports one of the foundations of modern cosmology.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Ahead of his address, the pope will visit an exhibition dedicated to St Augustine, the influential fifth-century Christian theologian who laid the foundations for the 13th century Augustinian order to which Leo belongs.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Temporary foundations and platforms for heavy machinery were built and specialist cranes brought in.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Many scientists are trying to diversify their funding by courting foundations and private companies instead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
If gratitude and esteem are good foundations of affection, Elizabeth’s change of sentiment will be neither improbable nor faulty.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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