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For residents like Samantha there is still no clear timetable for when the issues might be resolved.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
She said she has cut back on buying clothing and the like in recent years but takes a few trips a year to give her son new experiences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
So far in September, more than 1,400 people in the regency have been treated or hospitalised for acute respiratory infections, said Iwansyah, who like many Indonesians has one name.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
But I feel like I’ve been able to feel grounded and feel present when I step out there on the football field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The brain cortex is like a city; every part has an address.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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Hayes explained that this type of segmentation could be used to develop tailored products that account for the specific "sour liker" taste profile.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2024
Mary Jo is a decisive and unafraid liker of what she likes, and disliker of what she does not.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 28, 2022
But I was a very active liker of “A Ghost Story,” which, as with “The Green Knight,” seems to unfold in some eerie netherworld between life and death.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2021
He’s not doing anything inappropriate or otherwise creepy, and he’s not sending you inappropriate messages—he’s just an inveterate liker.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2016
Sure, I believe ’twould set her thinkin’ of other things, and she’ll be liker to overlook my foolishness.”
From Dorothy at Oak Knowe by Evelyn Raymond
Mercy, Shakespeare wrote, "Earthly power doth then show likest God's/ When mercy seasons justice."
From Time ● Jan. 17, 2012
Why then do we not recognize this the chief homogenic substance of the earth, likest of substances to its inner nature and closest allied to its very marrow?
From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by William Gilbert
I look back with something which is akin to pity on the vain child who thought fine clothes and array the likest to enhance the fair face and form which maybe God has given me.
From Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney by Emma Marshall
"How likest thou the little jungle waif, Ram Deen?" inquired the Thanadar.
From The Taming of the Jungle by Dr. C. W. Doyle
Hast thou another lover, To make the time pass over, Whom thou likest more than me?
From Black Forest Village Stories by Berthold Auerbach
It’s possible to believe that the goal is natural or inevitable in itself and also that there must be better options than those offered by the likes of Putin and Xi Jinping.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
Key stars such as Lauren Bell, Sophie Ecclestone and Nat Sciver-Brunt have been rested, which has presented opportunities to experiment with the likes of fringe players in Grewcock and Tilly Corteen-Coleman.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
With spinners dominating the T20 World Cup earlier this summer, the likes of Filer and Issy Wong were sidelined, but both have stepped up admirably.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
The news analyst at a data analytics firm likes her job, where she feels challenged and supported, works from home and has the vacation days to feed her love of travel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
I’ve found ways to help that Lou Ann likes.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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That’s why he liked the idea of birds flying in formation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
I took all these classes, and just to see what I liked, because I just wanted to be funny for my friends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
They found a home they liked for $215,000 which was previously listed as a rental.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
I would arrive armed with what I liked to call my anti-drowning armour: armbands, floats, goggles, and a swimming hat.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
“I wouldn’t have stopped texting if I knew you liked hearing from me.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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And bringing inflation back down to the Fed’s 2% annual target has been another top focus of his, albeit with too few details for Wall Street’s liking.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
“Why would Simon & Schuster drop it? Because apparently it already had a huge amount of success. So people were liking it,” said Chakrabarty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
My dummy account, Mohammed, was a profile set to private and designed to look similar to the accounts of younger Moroccan people who were liking and commenting on the posts advertising crossings.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Joked McDaniel: “For fantasy owners out there, if you’re not liking your output, you have Max to blame.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Considering I was in a blanket nest on my bed, where I was both comfortable and liking it...the two feelings seemed related.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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