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Is there something so odious about a reworked design that the only way to hustle it across the finish line is to give it a free pass?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
That means building firms that import such materials will face higher costs and may choose to pass those on through higher prices - pushing up the cost of homes, for example.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Those included a 14-yard strike to Davis on the Warriors’ first possession and a 57-yard touchdown pass to freshman Drew Gamboa later in the first quarter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
On that Sunday in February, Matthew Stafford tossed three touchdowns and one unbelievable no-look pass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
We wait for her to pass before we get back to screaming—in a low whisper.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
And while Cook has gone to great lengths to preserve the core values of Apple, the company he passes on to Apple’s hardware chief, John Ternus, next week is uniquely Cook’s own.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
Michelangelo’s David, Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony: Because they contain more than the conventional wisdom of their day, they do not wither when that day passes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Nearly all known exoplanets have been discovered indirectly, including through methods that detect the slight drop in a star's brightness when a planet passes in front of it.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
In the preseason opener against the Kansas City Chiefs, Simpson played all but the first two series and completed 21 of 25 passes for 190 yards and two touchdowns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
“Not this much snow. And it’s even deeper in the mountains. The passes are all closed. No one is going anywhere.”
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
The Australian state of New South Wales had passed its National Parks and Wildlife act in 1974.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
SB 1159 passed the legislature this month and will head to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk for signature in September.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Kevin Warsh passed another big test as new Federal Reserve chairman on Friday: He said the central bank still has work to do on inflation, and the bond market took him at his word.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
While that record has passed, victory over Hrgovic would make Itauma the second-youngest heavyweight champion ever and boxing's youngest active world champion.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
He was older than me, though he hadn’t passed the eighth-grade graduation examination either.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
He was smiling as he made his way through the market, where some had come specifically for the weigh-in while others were simply passing through and stopped to see what the fuss was about.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
I returned to Dollywood, in Sevierville, Tenn., after learning of the singer’s passing to hear from other fans whose lives were touched by her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Monroe’s stepdaughter Tayonna Stewart, who organized the fundraiser, also said in the description that funds will go toward a “proper and respectful celebration of life” in the wake of the actor’s passing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
They form webs of businesses without storefronts that are owned by other businesses, passing vast sums of money back and forth and even overseas with minimal oversight.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
He hid behind a maple tree and then jumped out just as Katherine was passing by: “Boo!”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
