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"Their contribution has inspired us to take up cricket and to perform the way we are doing today, so their role is very crucial and they have laid the foundation," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
But if Clairefontaine set the foundation, Didier Deschamps, the coach who took over the “uncoachable” team in 2012, built much of what went on top.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
If one of your jobs offers steadier hours than the others, consider making it your financial foundation — and treating your remaining work as supplemental income.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
The findings also provide a foundation for future studies of topological light and may contribute to advances in photonics, advanced materials, information processing, and next generation computing.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
The foundation had an endowment of roughly $22 billion, which generated about $1.1 billion in annual income to spend on various projects, about half of it to improve global health.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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Throughout the match, India's players repeatedly paid tribute to the pioneers who had laid the foundations of women's cricket in the country, insisting that this moment belonged to them too.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
This process is meant to help identify any early issues before foundations are laid and concrete is poured.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
The foundations of quantum mechanics were built by pioneers including Schrödinger and Werner Heisenberg.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026
"Because the foundations for the industries of the future are being laid today."
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Those Fertile Crescent crops spread into climatically similar adjacent areas of North Africa and laid the foundations for the rise of ancient Egyptian civilization.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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