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"Do you think I need to be out of the country as early as Monday?" the banker asked on November 15 in one of those texts.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
However, Sir Richard said there was "no need" for the war.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
To make smart moves, savers need to know about future taxes—but this is impossible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
“It’s what we need to do to win the next play. That toughness, that internal belief. That’s what it’s about.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
“I have some supplies I need to pick up for the shop, so I can drop you off. But your dad is gonna need to pick you up.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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It is a powerful distinction, though Mr. Rebeiro’s penchant for parsing interpretive categories occasionally makes a straightforward insight more juridically elaborate than it needs to be.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
However, she said, the fire department still needs to be much larger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
It nevertheless needs to modernise its infrastructure, particularly the link with Rostock, said Schairer.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
"He's looked miserable, defensive, and complaining. He needs to get over it, and I think we'll see a better, more attractive Nigel in the coming days."
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
I try to prepare myself for Dara’s date with Elliott—you know, motivational words like, “You don’t hate your fave cousin” and “Who needs boys anyway?”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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"There will be no airstrikes on our part, and Russia must reciprocally ensure a ceasefire -- without its own airstrikes -- for the duration needed to conduct these talks," he said in his evening address.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
She needed to know what all manner of women thought about a wide variety of topics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
It said it will continue to look for ways to improve while still securing the information needed to make a robust assessment of the level of support needed by each applicant.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Future research on swimming performance and embryonic development will be needed to test that possibility.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
“I needed a break from that,” he says, his thumb hitching at the house behind us.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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In an early Bristol Myers study of just over 100 patients, more than 90% of patients with treatment-resistant autoimmune disease went into remission without needing further treatment, the company said last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
A large share of that cellular waste consists of neutrophils, with roughly 100 billion of them needing to be cleared every day.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
This year's multiple heat waves have increased the numbers of white goods such as fridges and freezers breaking down and needing to be scrapped at specialist sites.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
USC was at its best early, even with its fleet of freshmen needing time to find their footing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Or sometimes just the FedEx man needing a signature for a package.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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