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State officials even have a name for such drivers: super speeders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
What in the name of common sense is a 16-year-old who lives in Venice dreaming about competing in the Olympic Games as a snowboarder instead of a skateboarder or surfer?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
Some may be driven to climb Everest just to say that they did it, while others are looking for something else, something with no name.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
"I have been a voter since I was 18 and now I find myself struck off the list," protester Nandita, 46, told AFP, giving only one name.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
After that, Clare had spent many days searching the woods for his missing companion, calling his name, even venturing so close to the human road that he could feel the unsettling whoosh of cars.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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The overhaul of India's voter rolls has resulted in more than 133 million names being removed from electoral lists, according to figures reported by Indian media and cited by opposition parties in court filings.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
They found that 8,880 names, or 42%, could not be matched to California’s current voter file.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
And maybe more importantly, while it’s kind of gross, it’s certainly legal, and as you said, the ballot clearly names the incumbent.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026
We visit the places where the dead rest, bringing flowers and standing before the names etched in stone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
“That’s four more names that we’ve eliminated, then. And I wanted to ask you about something else. The United States Pension Bureau.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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"They're both actually quite large as far as these asteroids that are named after people tend to be, because most of the really large ones were discovered first," Nežič said.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
The newly identified species, named Masripithecus moghraensis, lived approximately 17 to 18 million years ago during the Early Miocene.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
It went to a Hermosa Beach, California, car dealer named Vasek Polak for around $31,000 and then changed hands several more times.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Hughes, named after hockey player Jack Hughes of the New Jersey Devils, wins the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and is a horse to watch for the 2027 Kentucky Derby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
It will inspire an English surgeon named Joseph Lister to try performing surgery in sterile conditions that exclude or kill all microorganisms.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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The naming process for small bodies in the solar system is governed by the International Astronomical Union, external.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Final results await the expiry of a three-day appeals period, after which parliament will be constituted, and the leaderless movement will form a government, naming a prime minister.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
Maybank maintains a positive rating on the Malaysian healthcare sector, naming IHH Healthcare as its top sector pick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
In a tweet last week, she called the rumor about naming Gascón police chief a “bizarre lie.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Omakayas decided in secret that the naming was up to her.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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