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Club data from the same six-year period showed that overall member satisfaction rose from mid-70% to around 95%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Higher total activity time, greater overall activity volume, and more time spent exercising vigorously were each associated with slower deterioration in both thinking abilities and movement symptoms.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
"We can't assume from one melanoma trial that the same approach will work across all cancers, and longer follow-up will be important to understand the effect on overall survival."
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Born in Sudbury, Ontario, Duguay was selected by the Rangers at No. 13 overall in the 1977 draft.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
They were body rotations that made my legwork more complex, and just, overall, made the routine look cooler.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
You’d need the equivalent of those parade attendants in overalls who run along behind the horses with shovels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Girls and women dress in ankle-length skirts or overalls, wearing their hair loosely covered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
At lunchtime, the prisoners in navy overalls file into the dining hall with heads bowed and hands clasped behind their backs.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Bex is starting to look for overalls for them to wear and jokes that they might need shower caps for their hair.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
He jumped out of bed and into his overalls and ran out of our room.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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