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These screens in stasis, not airing programs but not broken, punctuate black history with a question mark, leaving us to wonder what its next chapter will be.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Inoue seized the opportunity to put his foot down and attacked with combinations in the final two rounds to punctuate another memorable victory.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

The earnings punctuate one of the more impressive advances for the market since the Covid pandemic.

From Barron's ● Apr. 27, 2026

Imagine this: The cheerful, if slightly scolding voices of the self-checkout machines punctuate the steady hum of fluorescent lights.

From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2026

Anya yelled, leaning over the railing to punctuate her words.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

He routinely punctuates his public speeches with historical anecdotes and oddities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

That Garbus shuffles late-night bits into the action punctuates the blur of corporate interests and celebrity that the Murdochs represent.

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026

An unexpected board drama at Denmark’s Novo Nordisk punctuates an already tumultuous year in which the maker of the blockbusters Ozempic and Wegovy plans to slash 9,000 workers globally.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2025

Once more, it was a realpolitik that punctuates the Portuguese's career - and would sit well with the realism of Hardy.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2025

Death is not a period that ends the great sentence of life, but a comma that punctuates it to more lofty significance.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

Fat mums and hydrangeas, perhaps punctuated with a sunflower or two, arranged in short vases that don’t interrupt conversation.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

It was punctuated by an automatic voice saying the caller was a prisoner, which is usual practice for calls from Iranian prisons.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

There was no repeat of the scuffles which have punctuated parts of the build-up, with Benn remaining stone-faced before the pair were separated.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

At the Albuquerque groundbreaking ceremony, the site was mostly dirt, punctuated by a pair of Deere excavators holding up an American flag.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

While we look in horror at a badly punctuated sign, the world carries on around us, blind to our plight.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author

“Show me the criticism of raw milk if it’s safe,” he told me, one hand on the wheel, the other punctuating his points in the air.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

A Chinese military court issued suspended death sentences to two former defense ministers for corruption, punctuating a broad purge of China’s armed forces that has ousted most of the high command.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Chances are you’ve seen Snoopy dressed as Doggy Pawsbourne on your Instagram or TikTok feed, complete with Ozzy’s signature round sunglasses, long hair and trench coat, punctuating the Prince of Barkness’ “Crazy Train” entrance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026

It looks more like a college campus with the occasional patch of grass punctuating the cell blocks.

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025

Some of them were noisy sleepers, punctuating their dreams with snores.

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen