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Mr. Warsh resigned as a Fed governor in 2011, partially in protest over the Fed’s second round of quantitative easing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The Irishman defended on the ground admirably, but it was a sign of things to come as Makhachev controlled the rest of the round with the challenger trapped against the side of the cage.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Prepare the pan: Heat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 9-inch round cake pan and line the bottom with parchment.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Israel and Lebanon are to hold an eighth round of US-sponsored negotiations in Rome early next month.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
With an anxious glance at the door, Nollie dropped to her knees, reached beneath the single bed, which was all our tiny room would hold, and drew out a little round hat box.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Some of my better local farmers markets sell it in sweet little rounds, but you can also buy it from your local supermarket.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Even after multiple rounds of talks and the government accepting several demands, protesters say the agitation will continue until all their demands are met.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
A search of his bag found more than 30 additional rounds of ammunition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Investigators also seized about 20,000 rounds of ammunition, including armor-piercing rounds, multiple firearm suppressors and about 15 firearm milling fixtures used to illegally manufacture and modify AR-15-style lower receivers, according to the statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
We played a couple rounds of horse until our parents got home from work and we had to stop for dinner.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
The pod-like leaf called a spathe is slightly rounder and paler than the darker, flatter blades of seagrass.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
They traded their fifth-round pick to acquire Oweh in October and gave the Tennessee Titans their seventh rounder in a 2024 trade for safety Elijah Molden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
Puka Nacua, for instance, was a fifth rounder in 2023 and just led the NFL in receiving yards per game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Matijevich’s go-to lentils to cook are French green lentils, which are smaller and rounder in size compared to green lentils.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026
Her round eyes grew rounder, her pink pursed lips went slack.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
The spheres are also thought to be the roundest objects on earth.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 15, 2018
More than seven feet in diameter, it was, Tom Wolfe once wrote, “the biggest roundest bed in the history of the world.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2017
The size of Ping-Pong balls and coated with the superconductor niobium, the spheres were the roundest objects ever created by human beings.
From US News ● May 5, 2011
According to Adidas it was the roundest ball ever invented.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 17, 2010
He had the roundest, deepest voice I’d ever heard.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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