label
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A few people pulled muscles while straining to label him a “lion of the Senate.”
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
He named his characters after the top executives at his record label, Liberty Records.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Leibovich wrote: “That was the race in which McCain claimed that he never embraced the ‘maverick’ label, and people were asking, ‘What happened to John McCain?’
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
Searches for chilled red wine on Ocado have soared compared to last year and, in April, Aldi released a red wine with a label that changes colour once it's properly chilled.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
There was no time to carefully sift through our prized possessions or to label neatly packed boxes.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
“Adverseness is not determined merely by affixing the labels ‘plaintiff’ and ‘defendant’ to the parties,” she explained.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
This strict reliance on limited, private labels is exactly what keeps Aldi's overheads low, according to Dustin York, an associate professor of communication at Maryville University.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
"These labels will provide an immediately understandable and easily scalable approach to transparency."
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Law enforcement also found materials, including pre-made labels, that could be used to create “dummy” books, according to the release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
The nurses began sticking the labels onto the clothes.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
The court has labeled capital punishment cases only since the October 2017 term.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
To make matters worse, the doctors whose patients contributed the most were featured, again without their prior knowledge, on a wall labeled “Best Doctors as Selected by Patients.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
CBS also posted images on social media of crews unloading covered equipment labeled “Garden Party,” and other photos show a “40-inch mirror ball.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Crews were spotted unloading one large black box labeled "40-inch mirror ball" and a large white staircase railing.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
The presenter, Jennifer, had labeled it taa’niil instead of tóshchíín.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
"Food must be safe and accurately labelled, wherever it's sold, and we take food fraud and mislabelling seriously," said Andrew Quinn, head of the FSA's national food crime unit.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
When Lorraine asked for the DPS to investigate the actions of officers, she discovered she had been labelled internally as a "fixated complainant".
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
The team labelled up to half the data for the AI, teaching it "this is gibbon, this is not", said Ratha Sor.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
However, Doku's plan to leave the USA and return home has brought fierce criticism from L'Equipe channel presenter France Pierron, who labelled a father "completely useless" at the time of their child's birth.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
If the higher note is labelled 11add11, don't include the chord extensions that aren't named.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
He considers the Nutri-Score labeling system he created and apps like Yuka and Open Food Facts to be allies.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Several major music industry organizations on Friday unveiled a labeling system for content created with generative artificial intelligence that they would like to see widely adopted.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Clark’s family is currently requesting funds to return her remains to California, labeling the death as “a completely bizarre accident.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
It also expressly bars states from imposing requirements “for labeling or packaging in addition to or different from those required” by the agency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Doc went to the labeling desk and wrote a note to Red Williams at the gas station, authorizing the issue of ten gallons of gasoline to Mack.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
The announcement comes after North Korea has repeatedly spurned South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's dovish overtures, labelling Seoul its "most hostile" enemy and declaring itself an "irreversible" nuclear state.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Iran captain Mehdi Taremi echoed his coach's thoughts, labelling his side's situation a "disaster".
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
In briefings to local media, government sources have been more critical, labelling the rumours "wild speculation" -- in German, "wueste Spekulation", a word play seen as a veiled dig at Merz's potential challenger, Wuest.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
Our 10 Year Health Plan commitment to alcohol labelling to provide better health and nutritional information is a crucial step in supporting people to make healthier choices.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
Such labelling and treatment made them an angry and embittered lot.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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