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Together they read and discuss some of their absent host’s collection of Greek and Latin classics, including Seneca’s “Trojan Women” and Ovid’s “Metamorphoses.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
That must include steps to end the use of any "coercive measure to divert the natural movement of the elephants", it read.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
I never read too much into the Community Shield but to beat Manchester City as comprehensively as they did was hugely impressive, and shows where they are at.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
It’s not always choice, but more often than not, a project comes along that I’ll read and there’ll be a number of things.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Each night we lighted one more candle as Eusie read the story of the Maccabees.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The child the algorithm reads as a threat is the child the institution already distrusted.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
"The iron horse wants to run," a sign reads, alongside a phrase in English: "We want to be back on track."
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Across the top, in chunky yellow letters, it reads “Phodega.”
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
“Through such an admission man looks squarely at the sins he is guilty of,” reads the catechism of the Catholic Church.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
It’s simple cursive, and reads, Happy Birthday, Mom!
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
—The 10-year French government bond, or OAT, yield trimmed its rise after a weaker-than-expected flash estimate purchasing managers’ index reading for August.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
"When we use the gas blower, some people get mad. They are reading a book or something."
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
I like the brunch place where a waiter knows I want blackberry jam with my Texas toast, and I know what his nieces have been reading lately.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Banners reading "249 articles in 22 days" were brandished at a Monday vigil in central London attended by thousands of people, in which speaker after speaker attacked the media's role in the scandal.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
And then there was the way he relished the Peace of being tucked beneath his quilt, reading his human books, the perfect quiet of Deadwood all around.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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