peer
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Membership promises a standout résumé line, as well as access to peer and alumni networks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
An impatience with the notion of impossibility, chafing at all boundaries and limits, straining to peer into the depths of the unknown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
As Digger and the president peer out a window, a light flickers.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
Archer was made a life peer in 1992 but his political career was paused in 2001 when he was jailed for four years for perjury and perverting the course of justice.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Also leaning to the side, in order to peer back at the puffin, was a polar bear.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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The former Coronation Street star had been voted as the most trustworthy by her peers in episode one and given a shield, but that counted for little by episode four.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
“Fjord” exemplifies a particularly vital strain of cinema, the kind that peers into reality and finds horror just beneath the surface.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
People who believe they are out-earning their peers do appear to be actually happier, according to a 2024 paper circulated by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Mendoza said that an increase in school police is the only action that she feels could help her son and his peers — and provide more clarity to families when incidents occur.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
The sound of other vehicles whizzing by fills the cab, and G’ma peers over at Scoob.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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