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While tickets are yet to go on sale, Fender responded to a post on social media which claimed to outline the expected ticket prices.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
As a result, the planet's atmospheric outline is not perfectly symmetrical.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
BP announced it will update its strategy in December, giving Chief Executive Meg O’Neill her first opportunity to outline her vision to investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Ahead of the Bangkok talks, Cordano released an "aid to negotiations" -- a non-binding outline of a possible treaty, with brackets around the most contentious sections.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Glimmers of an un-Jeffersonian outline peeked through the cloud of words Adams had spewed out.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Astronomers have long depicted distant exoplanets with smooth, circular outlines.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Its website outlines peptides, including sermorelin, that may be offered in fertility-related treatment plans, including:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The nonprofit Stand Up for Stand Up posted a detailed breakdown of the data that outlines a 66% shrinkage in the SiriusXM Raw channel roster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Richard Hasen, professor of law at UCLA, outlines five levers the president could pull and how states, courts, and the people could respond.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
A blaze of orange light outlines a giant cloud.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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The Raman campaign sent a statement to DSA on Monday during the national committee meeting that outlined her stance on BDS.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
The government has also outlined plans for stronger criminal penalties for those convicted of tampering with either undersea internet cables or energy pipelines.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
This troubling narrative was outlined by Schmidt during an interview on the podcast released Wednesday by the chief executive of Norway’s $2 trillion-dollar sovereign wealth fund, Nicolai Tangen.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
The other column, outlined in a red border, describes apparent weaknesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
They light up everything as bright as day, their light shines on us and we see our shadows sharply outlined on the ground.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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Donald Kohn, a former Fed vice chairman, said he has little patience for one extreme, where officials become overly precise in outlining at which meetings they expect to change rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Much work remains to be done to finesse the conclusions, and a paper outlining the results is yet to be published in a peer-reviewed journal.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
She said that when she received the letter outlining allegations against her father, she was "given assurance that these were being investigated".
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
On Monday, hundreds of professional stand-up comedians flooded Instagram and TikTok with front-facing videos outlining an issue in the comedy community that had been brewing for months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Rosa bowed her head and a ray of sunlight pierced the Gothic stained-glass windows of the church, outlining her face in a halo of light.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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