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But now Ukraine produces 70% of its own weapons.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
“I also own my home and an SUV outright, with no outstanding debt.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
"We are measuring it with a completely new tool for this type of galaxy, demonstrating that this method also works beyond our own galaxy."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
But, on its own, this won't dramatically alter the course of the war.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
We sat at my favorite picnic table, the one where my grandparents had their own first date fifty years ago.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The commerce group, which also owns Chinese shopping platform Pinduoduo, said net profits declined 12% from the same period of the previous year to RMB27.2 billion, but was above forecasts of RMB27.4 billion, per LSEG.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
"It's going to just be amazing. The sights, the sounds, the smells. It's all going to be just wonderful," said Neva Hoover, 58, from Ohio, who owns of an auto body repair shop.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
He’s formed the company with Ukrainian drone software company Swarmer, which owns a 20% stake in the new startup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
In 2012, Soon-Shiong explored buying AEG, the sports and entertainment company that owns the Kings, the Galaxy and Crypto.com Arena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Our Englishman has looked through a telescope and a microscope; he owns a pendulum clock and a stick barometer—and he knows there is a vacuum at the end of the tube.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
He owned a house in the New York City area with a mortgage, and there are currently two tenants renting rooms in the house.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
It’s an aggressive expansion tactic, but it works, and the chain is able to do it probably because it’s still privately owned.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
A separate insurer that is owned by Amistad, named EquiTrust, also lent large sums to vehicles tied to the other three intermediaries, according to corporate filings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The land is owned by Professor Sayer's father and co-author Derek Sayer.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
She had everything they owned packed, and was ready to go.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
If you were born in the UK in the mid-1990s you've about a 25% chance of owning your own home, as this chart shows.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Companies need to return cash to investors eventually to be worth owning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
A bit farther down the list sits yet another Vanguard fund that casts the widest possible net, owning 10,000 stocks globally.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Though she didn’t go into the details of her own experience, merely owning it drew a conflicting response.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Instead they roamed all over the first floor, from kitchen to dining room to living room, owning the place.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
