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Bain Capital, the largest shareholder of Surgery Partners, will roll over its shares for equity in HealthSpan Partners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Since 2024, the Secure 2.0 Act has let families roll leftover 529 money into the beneficiary’s Roth IRA, up to $35,000 over the beneficiary’s lifetime, with no tax or penalty.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
Instead of relying on the familiar side-to-side motion of slithering, dwarf reedsnakes can rapidly roll across the ground, reaching speeds about four times faster than their usual movement.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Things got a bit awkward when poor Sharon "got so mad at the boys" - James B, Michael and Kenny - over which heads should roll.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
I start to roll my eyes, because that’s what I’ve done with Theo, a hundred times.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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She also likes the sweeter options like pavlovas and trubochki, waffle rolls with condensed milk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Pears: As the holiday season rolls around, there are always a few people for whom it is a real challenge to buy gifts.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2026
It also cites an administration list of 20,000 “likely noncitizens” allegedly on California rolls being “proven remarkably slapdash” and inaccurate in recent litigation between the administration and California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
As the long, 50-some-day production schedule rolls on, the viewer can feel Eleanor’s anxiety ease, allowing pride to take full control.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
We marched along a path between twisted rolls of barbed wire and through a wide gate into a compound of low tin-roofed barracks.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Two years later, only 34% were still in the plan, 50% had rolled over and 16% had cashed out.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
Crude prices jumped more than one percent as results from Israel's general election rolled in.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
The scheme, being rolled out across England, Scotland and Wales, guarantees fully funded, six-month paid jobs for 18 to 24-year-olds who have been on universal credit and looking for work for 18 months.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
The Postal Service rolled out the reductions anyway, extending the changes to almost 20,000 ZIP codes to date.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
Vegetable wagons rolled by, kicking up more dust on both the windows and me.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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While the Resolution Foundation focused its forecast for living standards on working age households, the OBR looks at all households, including pensioners and reflects a 10-year rolling average growth to take into account short-term fluctuations.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Robinhood and rival trading platforms have been rolling out new services to compete for users.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
How fitting that little black ball is rolling into this year’s award season as a juggernaut.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Wall Street money managers like BlackRock and Franklin Templeton are increasingly rolling out traditional funds on the blockchain to tap a new wave of investors who are accustomed to managing assets through their crypto wallets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
There was a rolling ladder attached to the bookshelf, and Danny wanted to ask if he could slide around on it the way Belle did in Beauty and the Beast.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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