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While surging mortgage rates over 7% have everyday house hunters pulling back from the market, data suggest that real-estate investors are sticking it out.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026
When someone agrees because they feel compelled—not because they genuinely thought about and committed to their choice—they may end up regretting their decision, resenting the asker, or even backing out of the agreement later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
The excuses for the Dodgers collapse flew off the page minutes after the last out of Game 4.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Trying to suss out the scope of the statute, Kavanaugh and Barrett both asked how long a video must be for a company to count as a video service provider.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026
Each month, patients anxiously await their test results to find out if they still have active cases of leprosy.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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She convinced the resident to pay £20,000 for a car and £9,000 for a campervan, which she said was purchased so the pair could go on days outs.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
They discuss the ins and outs of government debt, the idea of state bankruptcy, and what lessons can be learned for future legislation.
From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2026
Glasnow didn’t have another runner get past first until the fifth when, when he issued his second walk of the inning with two outs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Although the Dodgers committed the second-fewest errors and gave up the fewest unearned runs this season, they haven’t looked sharp defensively in the postseason, with all three Atlanta runs Sunday coming with two outs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
We got one more hit, an RBI double, but there were two more outs on called strikes.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
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Danson was freshly split from his second wife, producer Cassandra Coates, who served him divorce papers after the tabloids outed his fling with Goldberg early that year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
The U.S. discovered that in 2003, when a team of almost two dozen agents who had abducted an Egyptian cleric in Italy for secret interrogation was outed by analysis of their local cellphone records.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
A pub quizmaster sparked a "massive whodunnit" after he outed a team for cheating on social media but refused to name them.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025
They’ve been outed; they faced all kinds of humiliation and harm, while the government hasn’t faced any harm at all.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2025
I really had no clue until he outed himself.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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But you do have to see the show to understand why this outing is so strongly favored.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
Michael O'Neill had spent the build-up to Northern Ireland's Nations League outing against Ukraine playing down memories of their famous win at Euro 2016.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Starters this decade have averaged less than 4 ⅔ innings and about 74 pitches per game in the postseason, an outing that would have embarrassed their predecessors from generations ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Because Snell left his previous start with tightness in his left groin, the Dodgers planned for a short outing Saturday, prioritizing his health for the postseason.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
The sky was overcast, but Abel didn’t think it would be so inconsiderate as to rain when he and his lovely wife were in the mood for an outing.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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