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Once a fixture of the 1960s pop and minimalist scenes in New York, Japan's "polka dot queen" found huge commercial success in her later decades.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

The singer-songwriter, 33, told followers that one of the final conversations she had with the country music great and pop culture icon “was about music and metamorphosis.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

It was the late 1970s, when Dolly Rebecca Parton was well on her way to conquering the worlds of pop, Hollywood and business.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

Her breakout heart-melter, “Man I Need,” makes the simplest of requests—“Talk to me!”—seem extravagantly inviting, and it’s become her first billion-stream song on Spotify and first No. 1 on pop radio in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

When all the bowing and waving goodbye was over and pop songs blared through the speakers again, Natalie found Patience and Akira backstage.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

And as he pops in on affiliates, the Dodgers also see the time he spends with their outfield prospects — the biggest strength of their farm system — as invaluable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Instead, she stands up, pops her dislocated shoulder back into its socket and grimly declares to the shocked classmate filming her, “This is Claire Bennet, and that was attempt No. 6.”

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

Because if you don’t, the data essentially controls you, shifting your stress in response to whatever number pops up today.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Todd Montgomery pops the lid off a small tube and taps out hundreds of mosquitoes into the backyard of a suburban home outside Washington.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

A page pops up that says “Google” at the top.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

It was exhilarating as strangers and former pupils popped in, from India to Brazil to Ukraine to a block away from where I lived.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

"We were putting out thousands of party balloons every single week," she said, but they were only there "for a matter of hours simply to be popped and thrown in the trash".

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

Per Hollyer’s Instagram page, Posty popped the question in Utah, where he currently resides.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

"Out popped this little coin flying across the room with a little bit of paper," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

My mouth flew open and my eyes all but popped out of my head.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Small demonstrations by labor unions—which had all but disappeared during the war—are popping up across the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

It feels like vector-borne diseases are popping up everywhere these days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

"You keep seeing new names popping up, because Iran is adapting really quickly," said Mohammed Hammouda, an export control and sanctions manager at the London Stock Exchange.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

The shares are popping again after snapping a four-week losing streak.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

A small rose garden is planted in the front lawn with red and pink flowers popping against the dark soil.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer