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You will need to rebuild that cushion during retirement if you want to get back to a place where you have at least enough saved to cover 12 to 24 months’ worth of expenses.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
At the start of tonight, the energy and anxiety in my home in east Austin, just shy of ten miles from where James Talarico’s watch party is taking place, was high.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
But applying similar pricing to diseases affecting millions of people would place enormous financial pressure on healthcare systems.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
This very small region is the only place in the world where you can find wild pearl shells in a quantity that can sustain a business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
“It’s a place that has been created for Indigenous people across Turtle Island,” her moshom said.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Although they aligned in few places, both Roy and McKinney said they would work to bring down the city’s out-of-control legal costs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
The pair switched places en route and the car crashed off the carriageway within eight seconds of Batool taking the wheel.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
After returning from a two-week autumn break, some students resumed their protest campaign Monday, calling on the authorities to renovate dilapidated schools, reduce class sizes and create more university places.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
“In places like Texas, I’ll be watching what the election means for data-center development, power generation and the infrastructure needed to support AI,” he wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
Then he began to wrap the sinew around the places where the sled was broken.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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On her 19th birthday, a ship worker extracted a gleaming pearl from an oyster and placed it into her palm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Before, the books were placed on the general shelves in alphabetical order.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
The provisional ballot is a regular ballot that is placed in a special envelope prior to being put in the ballot box.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
Contoret said schools and local charities were best placed to identify families who could benefit from the scheme and ensure gifts were distributed discreetly.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
He placed his monocle back in front of his socket and stood.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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The AI illustration has pulled liberally from all three trilogies, placing the adult faces of Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher on the children.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026
In response to this threat, Google launched and expanded AI Overviews and AI Mode, placing AI summaries on top of traditional search results and introducing conversational search interfaces powered by its Gemini models.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026
Lemssouguer, a Moroccan-born mathematician who lives in a 400-year-old Tudor estate outside London and raises rare parrots, is renowned in the rough-and-tumble world of distressed-debt trading for placing bigger-than-usual bets that can move markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Harris said the demand for transport and the distances travelled to appointments were increasing, placing a strain on resources, which could lead to the cancellation of transport.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
The tissue paper crinkles as I carry it back to the table, placing it in front of Uncle Phil.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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