reference
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He incorporated the colorful reference photographs into the final piece after Metro staff encouraged him to make the piece more uplifting.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
For reference, this time a year ago, CoreWeave reported a -15% adjusted net-loss margin, indicating that costs are rising.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
In February, Chinese president Xi Jinping made a rare public reference to the military crackdown that also recently saw the removal of the country's top military general Zhang Youxia.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Roberts leveraged the connections from his clerkship into a job in President Ronald Reagan’s Department of Justice, submitting his application on Supreme Court letterhead and dropping Rehnquist’s name as a reference.
From Slate • May 7, 2026
She jumped up and lugged another armful of reference books to the table, which she then arranged in size order.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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