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The previous season, Darwin Nunez scored on his Liverpool debut - and Erling Haaland failed to notch on his City bow.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The guidance came as the company recorded higher sales in its latest quarter, coming in a notch above analysts’ expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Preparing a live lobster might sound intimidating, but it’s a lot easier than you think and will truly take your summer hosting up a notch.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
I’ve liked her in everything but her anachronistic appeal is especially good in movies like “Gail Daughtry” that crank reality up a notch so everything moves fast and silly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
At two months out, he turned it up another notch, beginning almost every sentence with, “When I get a dog....”
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
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Blue-chip average notches 24th high of the year, while Nasdaq slips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The authors estimated that private ratings are effectively two to three notches more favorable than public ratings with comparable impairment risk.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
The safety car confusion was just the final episode in a race that was always engrossing but had ratcheted up several notches in the final 20 laps or so.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Even more striking, in more than 500 wild primates, across 27 species both living and fossil, we found no trace of a common modern dental disease: deep, V-shaped gumline notches called abfraction lesions.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
Mother, Mrs. Rimas and I stood the logs vertically in the notches.
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
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Wisley in Surrey has now notched up 60 days with no recorded rainfall.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
It is possible Wisley in Surrey will have notched up 60 days with no rain by Sunday.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Uber Technologies notched higher revenue in the second quarter but issued a soft outlook as it continues to invest heavily in autonomous vehicles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
SpaceX said it notched $14.1 billion in cloud services contracts last quarter and added a $6.7 billion contract in the current quarter with an undisclosed customer.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Its walls and floor and ceiling were made of wooden planks notched cunningly together and decorated with all the creatures of the sea.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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Americans took out almost $211 billion in auto loans this past spring, notching a new record, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
The gains came from both ends of the plane, with premium revenue up 16% and basic economy seats notching an 11% lift in sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Scott, after notching just his second blown save Monday, compared to his 12 saves and 2.70 ERA, didn’t have an opening to improve on his All-Star campaign Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Despite notching a 19-fold quarterly profit increase, shares in chip maker Samsung fell, dragging on stocks across the AI supply chain as investors bet that the memory trade may be topping out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Laistrygonian archers assembled on the deck above us, notching arrows in their enormous bows.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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