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Think about drinks produced in Ireland and you'd probably picture a creamy pint of stout or a tumbler of amber whiskey.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Bare successfully got both deals revoked, arguing that she and her mother had signed with an incomplete picture of the buyer’s plans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
In that picture, a proton has a baryon number of plus one, divided equally among its three main valence quarks.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Looking at average hit rates for the indicator over time presents a less rosy picture.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Their story painted a sappy, romantic picture that I’d idolized.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
“All you have to do is take a bunch of pictures of people biting into something going ‘ew,’ and that creates a whole lot of excitement,” DuBois, of Circana, said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The breakthrough of talking pictures introduced the voiceover narration—a revolutionary development that allowed for further context to be added to historical footage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Some of the best pictures of the eclipse came from the north, where cloud cover was lower and therefore allowed for better viewing.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
"And if you're taking pictures with your phone or looking through a telescope or binoculars, you have to get a solar filter… because the UV light can destroy the lens," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The dragon responded by sending him a pair of pictures.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
Take Me Out host Paddy McGuiness is pictured front and centre of the Sun on Sunday, alongside a woman the paper says is BBC Radio 2 publicist Emma Carey.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
I just always pictured bankers rolling into the office trying to one-up each other with their brand new Rolex.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
This last week, getting to direct a piece that I wrote, was even more fun because I’d pictured it already in my mind when I was writing it, which is a form of prep.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
As Season 2 begins, Chris and Diarra have settled into coupledom, which is precisely what Diarra thought she wanted, but nothing like she pictured it would be.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
That’s how I pictured her home: decorated with skeletons and bats and eerie jack-o’-lanterns all year long.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
The Daily Telegraph calls the solar eclipse "the greatest show on Earth", picturing a crowd in Birmingham gazing at the phenomenon along with millions across the UK and Europe.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
But picturing your future self—and mentally “traveling back” to who you are now—has been shown to increase savings behavior, according to a 2024 study published in the Journal of Consumer Research.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 25, 2026
Stop picturing a standard vending machine with rotating coils and falling snacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
“I knew that we were going to film in that house when I read the script so I was picturing all the rooms while I was reading,” says Larsen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025
But all through class, I can’t stop picturing Morgan holed up in her house, surrounded by pictures of bulldogs.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
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