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Tom Drury returns to the world of Grouse County, whose denizens are getting older yet still maintain their human idiosyncrasies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Gamble recalled a performer who writhed on the floor while sob-singing Lou Bega’s “Mambo No. 5,” which could be sad considering the protagonist’s inability to maintain a steady relationship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
By identifying a major cause of errors during simultaneous operation, the scientists developed a technique to reduce those errors and maintain precision.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
"Sometimes we have to curtail certain solar power plants to maintain the stability of the system. That is why some people have the perception that the government is not encouraging solar power," Karunathilaka said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
The Incorrigibles wanted to play, too, but Penelope explained that they would help choose the winner and must therefore stay behind and eat second helpings of pancakes in order to maintain their neutrality.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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He’s the author of “Pathways,” a 2023 book of photographs and maintains a website focused on his work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
The resultant volatility has led analysts to attach a much higher equity risk premium to Korean stocks and Moe maintains this explains roughly half of the Kospi’s 40% drop.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
Morgan maintains a strategic overweight in German bonds versus U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Dan Mackta, managing director at Qobuz, an online music platform that maintains a strict human-first approach to curation, agrees the technology "is never going to want to throw a curve ball at you".
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
It maintains cholesterol at its proper level in the blood plasma, and inactivates the male and female hormones when they reach excessive levels.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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For years, Netanyahu maintained that the foundations of Israel's security rested on military strength but he also gained a reputation for caution.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
Until September Mr. da Silva maintained a comfortable lead in the polls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Their results showed that exceptionally high accuracy could be maintained even when multiple qubits were operating simultaneously.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
Holmes has maintained that she has little money left.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
He did not philosophize about the law or his responsibilities, but Tom noticed that he always maintained the same manner, no matter whether the prisoners were black or white or Mexican.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide responded to Trump's comments about the Nobel prize on Monday, maintaining that the committee is independent.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
Hong Leong cuts Press Metal’s target price to 7.44 ringgit from 8.22 ringgit, while maintaining a hold rating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Shared control lines could offer a more practical way to expand these systems while maintaining the precision needed for quantum calculations.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
Essentially, the Haredi Public Party is offering a compromise in which the ultra-Orthodox would contribute more to Israel as a whole while maintaining the core of their identity.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
If heredity had no means of maintaining variance—of “fixing” the altered trait—then all alterations in characters would eventually vanish into colorless oblivion by virtue of blending.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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