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Randy remembers selling Chryslers in the 1970s when the brand was in the midst of its first modern existential threat: the oil crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Vice President JD Vance announced in the midst of the war that he is publishing a book on his embrace of Catholicism called "Communion."
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Could a patient sue a doctor who counsels against the measles vaccine in the midst of an outbreak?
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
Mid-match interviews with coaches, cameras inside dressing rooms and in the midst of celebrations, and an F1 grid-walk access-all-areas presenting style certainly sets rugby apart from many other sports on screen.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
The children politely explained that they had slept perfectly well, but that their species was in the midst of going extinct and would soon be no more.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.