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This year, scientists are predicting that El Nino could rank among the largest ever recorded.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Independent leader boards rank it first in some categories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
It would rank among the biggest upsets in heavyweight history if Fury lost to a man who turns 47 this year and has lost seven of his past 10 fights.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Together, these patterns offer a rare view of how family relationships may have shaped authority, inheritance, and social rank within the settlement.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
Instead King wheeled around, and to almost everyone’s surprise, each rank in the column wheeled in turn as he began to lead the marchers back to Selma.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
Hogh's career has been a slow burner since he came through the youth ranks with local club Randers then was sold to second-tier Hobro after an injury-hit spell, including a loan to Valur in Iceland.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The persistent security challenges point to a failing system, but the arrest of Yusuf shows the military is – at the very least – acknowledging that the problem exists within its own ranks.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Among its cohort, Tesla ranks 1st in market cap...
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
He began as a lieutenant and rose through the ranks, shooting to nationwide fame during the war with Russia-backed separatists in 2014.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Somewhere near the ranks of American soldiers and officers stood William Lee.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Nielsen, which releases a weekly ratings ranker for streaming content, also uses hours watched to rank programs.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2021
News, the magazine that has already established itself as the most noticed ranker of the nation’s colleges and universities.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2017
“Because I intend on making one that’s a whole lot ranker than we’ve had before.”
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 1, 2014
Lean, fanatical Dr. Wilhelm Frick, a veteran of the Munich beer hall Putsch of 1923, has long been a Nazi front ranker.
From Time Magazine Archive
He would be called in England a "ranker."
From Impressions of a War Correspondent by Lynch, George
"Every time we accelerated on the highway, whale juice would pour into the windows of the car, and it was the rankest thing on the planet," Ms Kennedy told the magazine.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2024
The feminist with a fundamentally optimistic vision, who believed that people, especially men, could be better, might be soon replaced by the rankest misogynist.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2020
The rankest compound of villainous smell that ever offended nostril.
From Washington Post ● May 10, 2018
For the F.A., claiming to be the world’s policeman while turning a blind eye to apparent offenses at home would have been the rankest hypocrisy.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2016
Hedgerows and verges were at their rankest and thickest.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
This is particularly true since, unlike most of the countries ranked by the OECD, the student body in major American school districts is overwhelmingly low-income and heavily immigrant.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
After expenses and excluding any sales charges, the Calamos Timpani Small Cap Growth Mutual Fund has ranked fourth for one-year total return among the full group of 93 peer funds.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Despite being ranked as the world's best player for more than three years, the Texan told reporters the thought of making history "just isn't that important".
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The remaining participant ranked it among the five most unusual experiences of their life.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Armstead had been ranked higher than Granger in some national magazine a few years earlier and officially became the school with the best facilities, the best teachers, and the most Ivy League acceptance letters.
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
However, she not only won the B Final, but lifted considerably more than many in the 'elite' division, securing an overall ranking of sixth.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Consider it an early look at how the race for our annual ranking of the country’s best and worst airlines is shaping up halfway into the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Winds drifting south meant the capital Washington was also hard-hit, coming in at the second-highest "very unhealthy" ranking on the index, when authorities urge all people to avoid unnecessary outdoor activity.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
U.S. tech investors may welcome the chance to secure more direct exposure to South Korea’s second-biggest company, ranking behind only Samsung Electronics.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
Though Mammachi had conical corneas and was already practically blind, Pappachi would not help her with the pickle-making because he did not consider pickle-making a suitable job for a high- ranking ex-Government official.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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