prime
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According to one present, the prime minister said: "We need to be on the front foot. We need to be bolder. Let's get on and do things. It's about deeds not words."
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Italy's far-right prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, said that although their "backgrounds and perspectives differed, that never prevented me from acknowledging her significance and her role in our nation's public life".
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Nscale’s board also includes Nick Clegg, Meta’s former president of global affairs and a former U.K. deputy prime minister.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
"What the hol, PM?" asks the front page of the Sun, suggesting the move is at odds with the prime minister's vow to help with cost of living.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The prime minister glanced at his press secretary, puzzled.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
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The Riemann Hypothesis, often considered the most difficult and important problem in all of mathematics, would serve as a Rosetta stone revealing the secrets of the primes.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026
"Our joint approach brings together three leading global defence primes at the heart of UK combat air capability, offering the UK a next-generation, cost‑effective, capable and reliable solution," a BAE Systems spokesperson said.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Big orders for missile replenishment should benefit all defense primes, but especially RTX, whose business is more missile-heavy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
Four of the five primes fetch roughly 26 times expected earnings on average, near their historic highs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
Here, the Devil as it were primes the pump.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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The June to August season was defined by severe, back-to-back heatwaves that shut schools, dried up rivers and primed the land for devastating wildfires.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
“Since the equatorial zone of the ocean in the western Pacific was loaded with heat, it was primed for triggering an El Niño,” Miller said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
“He was primed for something like this to happen,” said former New York Gov. David Paterson, a Democrat who has known Mastro since the 1990s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The weather permitted only two more balls to be bowled, leaving Lawrence primed for a further assault on Sunday morning.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
So he primed the players with thoughts of cooperativeness, and sure enough, they were far more cooperative, and the game went far more smoothly.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Nasdaq is changing its procedures to put SpaceX in funds based on it and priming the pump to do the same with Anthropic and OpenAI, which have historically burned through cash.
From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026
While speaking to Earth via a video link on Thursday, mission specialist Koch mentioned there had been a slight "priming" issue with the toilet.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2026
After years of priming us to expect speedy deliveries, the ever-growing e-commerce economy is weaning us off them—and no one seems to mind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026
As Barron’s wrote last November, the company has been priming investors for the loss of Apple’s sales for years, and it may already be factored into the stock price.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
“I don’t like it either. God, I hate it! That woman is priming herself for a nervous breakdown. I just hope she doesn’t have it while I’m here.”
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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