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Last week, Fifa and Infantino were accused of breaking trust "through deception", in an open letter issued by Uefa, Concacaf and the Asian Football Confederation.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
In the past week, the council squelched progress on a deal to gradually open Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
"By demonstrating that geometry alone can reshape electrical behavior in graphene, we open a new pathway for designing materials whose properties can be controlled through structure rather than chemistry."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
"Please open your eyes, government. We are your people, we are part of you. So please look after us."
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
When I emerge from the gravel road, Coach Wiley is pacing outside the bus’s open door with a clipboard.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
It also opens new possibilities for studying extinct animals at the molecular level, potentially giving scientists access to biological information that was once assumed to have vanished during fossilization.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
He opens a folder and takes out a stack of large photographs: portraits of prisoners.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Twitch's move opens the latest front in the fight to preserve online privacy as artificial intelligence firms increasingly seek data to improve their models.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
It opens at Harrenhal on the eve of an infamous tournament that set in motion events leading to the overthrow of King Aerys II Targaryen, the titular mad king.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The door opens and Boo bolts out with headphones on.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
Then, in a last-ditch effort to fend off Hong’s insurgency, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, who had previously suspended his campaign, reentered the race less than a month before polls opened.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
Moorside Baby Bank opened in February 2025 and has so far helped 226 families with goods like clothes, nappies and baby wipes, which were mainly donated by the community.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The driver jumped out and opened our doors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Despite being dubbed the "first TikTok PM", Burnham only opened an account in May.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Betsie pointed to the Frisian clock on the stair wall, and with a finger on her lips silently opened the dining room door.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Travellers are hoping that opening the line to competition will drive down prices for tickets that can often be more expensive than Paris-to-London airline fares.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Chelsea beat eventual champions Manchester City on the opening day and won their first four games, but that was as good as it got for Sonia Bompastor's side.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The team of attorneys general can also show jurors select evidence to support those claims at opening statements on Tuesday, weeks before most of it enters the record through witness testimony, Gonzalez Rogers ruled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Humphrey Yang’s account recommends buying and holding index funds for life and opening a high-yield savings account.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
“The right thing would be opening up a new portal and letting me go home. This land smells absolutely horrendous.”
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
