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Nee’s private-equity practice in Boston was one of the Weil’s most lucrative and she fielded offers from several rivals, including Simpson Thacher, as well as Ropes & Gray, according to people familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
The Rams activated kicker Joshua Karty to the roster from the practice squad and signed cornerback David Long to the practice squad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
Carberry added the process was complex, saying that drafting job adverts is "best left to good employer practice rather than government regulation".
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
The American Civil Liberties Union applauded the move over a practice it said conlifted with "human dignity, fairness, and the values enshrined in our Constitution."
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
Outside, Door headed to the field for practice, while Coal started walking toward the high school.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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Playing football in his senior year made him start showing up on time to practices and making progress in the classroom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
It also reports that the Church of England will raise "concerns" with MPs and peers scrutinising draft legislation to crack down on conversion practices, as part of the paper's campaign to scrap the bill.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
Experts say much of the destruction is linked to slash-and-burn land-clearing practices, often associated with the expansion of timber, palm oil and mining operations.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
The federal government had been powerless to stop the banking industry from digging itself into a nearly inextricable hole; FDR remade the Federal Reserve System into a forceful overseer of banking practices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
The more she practices, the sooner she'll be back into her native tongue, the aunts insist.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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For many Uruguayans, faith is something practiced on their own terms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
A graduate of Widener University Commonwealth Law School, she practiced law at her first husband’s firm and served as general counsel for a parking garage company owned by her second husband.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
Among the Knight truths: Players who practiced best always got to play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
In a statement this week, Zacharia said, “I practiced international transaction law, with all the appropriate credentials.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
He’d practiced that in the bathroom mirror, squinting his eyes to get a fierce look.
From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis
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Fighter jets are practicing hundreds of takeoffs and landings from flight decks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Often Rosalía just translates herself: “This job doesn’t have more nobility than un carpintero haciendo sillas—a carpenter doing chairs. It’s just about showing up, about practicing, about trying.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Zacharia, 41, is already under scrutiny over her legal credentials, after giving an inconclusive answer about where she had passed the bar exam, a prerequisite for practicing law in the United States.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Well, that’s why the robots were practicing in my apartment.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Ms. Fender had also handed out some new music—“Pirate Medley”—which we were supposed to start practicing at home.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
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