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“I was filled with a lot of emotions,” Hutchinson told reporters after the game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
"There's a lot more that we need to demand of big tech to give us safer devices and products in the first place," he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
“Most people are looking for freeze-dried food and wind-up radios from us, but also a lot of water purification tablets, water filters and the like.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
So we spend a lot of time adjusting the size of the boxes on TV and deciding whether there are too many of them, and whether this is helpful information or confusing information.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
The drums that had led me here blasted from one of the cars in the lot and my heartbeat fell into rhythm with them.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
A 60-foot lap pool includes a heated spa, and the area is perfectly primed for entertaining with multiple fire features, a built-in barbecue, and lots of space to lounge.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
"We've had lots of people say it's rocky, but it's Welsh and it's got lots of stuff behind it," he told Lucy Owen on BBC Radio Wales.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Supporters say fire survivors shouldn’t owe hefty taxes when selling burned-out lots, arguing the break offers basic fairness for families facing insurance shortfalls and steep rebuilding costs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
Smaller lot sizes = more homes: About 90% of municipalities impose minimum lot sizes on zoned lots, write Tobias Peter and Edward Pinto of the American Enterprise Institute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
It was drawn with lots of different colored markers.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
From the switch the ball is lotted through to Gomez, who again has a poor final touch and the ball reaches James.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 12, 2012
Bridges will be al lotted $700 million for repairs, while the remaining $600 million will be devoted to highway safety programs and miscellaneous road projects.
From Time Magazine Archive
He expected she would, sure as shootin'; lotted on it, they say.
From The Wooing of Calvin Parks by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
So, or since, the Black Stone had wandered into an auction, for the lotted paper was still on it.
From Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland by W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport) Adams
Thanksgivin' ain't so much lotted on; which for one thing we frequent forgets it arrives that a-way.
From Wolfville by Alfred Henry Lewis
We’ll do our best for you—but I ain’t lotting much on Latisan’s showing up again.
From Joan of Arc of the North Woods by Holman Day
He has been lotting upon seeing you, maam.
From Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife by Madeline Leslie
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