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Both LinkedIn and Cisco cut around 5% of their workforce overall, with hundreds of those layoffs occurring in California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
Forecasters are looking for overall trends rather than day-by-day detail and at the moment those trends look rather unclear.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The team tracked which species became more abundant, which declined, and whether the community retained its overall variety.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
DeRucci’s revenue from China fell 8.8% last year and it expects overall profits to fall roughly 40% in the first half of 2026 from the same period a year prior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
He reached into an overall pocket, behind a belt loop, and drew out a twist of paper.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Wearing overalls and a cap emblazoned with "Billionaire's Boys Club", he expresses profound regret over the seven years he has worked as a goon.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
The large man in blue overalls is contracted to the UAE-based Atlas Agri, one of the biggest of 44 registered merchants and contractors in the southern African country.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
One morning in July 1992, Raynella said, she found him dead in their cattle corral, a hoofprint on the chest of his overalls, apparently knocked down and trampled as he fed the herd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Throughout the 2025-26 season, Sabate has performed to songs from the Minions while wearing a yellow T-shirt and blue overalls, like the characters' outfits.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
The shirt under his overalls was dark blue with fancy red and yellow flowers printed all over it.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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