garner
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If being a living being isn’t enough to garner someone’s kindness, we may be deeply screwed.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
An official party timetable is yet to be announced, but in his resignation speech Sir Keir said contenders to replace him would have between 9 and 16 July to garner the necessary support to stand.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
The upcoming 30-year issue is expected to garner bidding interest from investors seeking high yields, which are likely to be offered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
The United States meanwhile voiced frustration that its preferred candidate, Italian diplomat Antonio Zanardi Landi, failed to garner consensus, and threatened to walk away from the peacekeeping body.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
Unfortunately, though the exhibition did garner coverage in local newspapers, not one story mentioned the reason for the event: to bring attention to the American team’s financial straits.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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The stock garners frequent mentions on r/WallStreetBets and attracts nearly 9,000 weekly visitors to its own Subreddit r/POETTechnologiesInc.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 22, 2026
If spot prices shoot higher, that can more than make up for the slimmer profit that the company garners from its long-term contracts, which it offers at a low cost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
YouTube garners 13% of video streaming, as measured by viewing hours.
From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026
Harvard—and any other institutions from which Summers garners clout—should sever their connection with him.
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025
In school, I’m one of six Black kids in a specialized music program; I have hair my classmates don’t understand and a complexion that garners assumptions.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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Platner’s working-class message that electrified Maine voters and garnered him national attention is not exclusive to him — or to Maine.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
She has won the Emmy in that category four consecutive times since the show was first nominated in 2021 and has garnered a career total of seven Emmy Awards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Alpha School, which focuses on K-8, though some locations go through high school, has garnered the most attention in recent years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
Third, arguments that Chatrie and Carpenter lacked “support in 19th- or 20th-century understandings of the Fourth Amendment” only garnered a minority of justices’ votes.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
Going back to the apartment with the little he’d garnered.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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Mr. Trump chose the respected Jay Clayton as his official pick, garnering widespread plaudits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
All the while, he was secretly recording his interactions with the McNally family in the hope of garnering information about the investigation.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
The statement prompted an immediate outcry in the Jewish community, garnering articles in Jewish and Israeli publications across the U.S. and in Israel that accused the student government of antisemitism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
Despite garnering an Oscar nomination for Streep and an ingenious bit at that year’s ceremony, “The Devil Wears Prada” didn’t have the immediate cultural cache of something like its equally memeable predecessor, “Mean Girls.”
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026
In 1924, when William cracked an “unbreakable” Navy code machine, he was accused of garnering inside information from Elizebeth.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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