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Spending more of the money today will eat into the state’s safety net for the next time crude prices crater or the wells run dry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Has Harry's war with the press finally run out of road?
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
That might make the team better in the long run, but almost certainly not next year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
In the long run, there is no surprise.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
He wanted to run -to race up the trail to the overhang, as he knew he must -but he could not.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
When rain falls on parking lots, water runs off carrying metal dust and chemicals from vehicle tires and brake pads, oil and grease from engines and bacteria from trash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
One resident, Hiroko Ogata, 75, told the BBC she was at the restaurant she runs in Yatsushiro City when the earthquake hit.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
It doesn’t help that the vice presidents constantly runs down his wife in speeches, comments he tries to play off as jokes, but which are too hard-edged to sell as jovial.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
“Nobody knows Paze,” says Serge Elkiner, who runs it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
But it was on one of these “trapping” runs that I got my third lesson, or awakening.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Footage of the shopping centre showed white smoke rising as people ran into the car park.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
To find its target demographic, Paze surveyed customers across participating banks, then ran interviews, usability tests and focus groups, said Maryam Khosrowshahi-Paez, Paze’s head of marketing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
At one point, it ran into the glove of surprised Orioles right fielder Leody Taveras and ended up being momentarily launched into the air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The 51-year-old ran a campaign shadowed by the divisive legacy of her father, who ruled Peru in the 1990s.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Sela and I sat together, the awkward silence broken only when three little kids ran by the table, chattering in a language that sounded like music.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
California cities are paying high costs to clean up water pollution running off parking lots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
The contrasts become worse in looking at Vance and Obama’s second books, both of which were more obviously written with an eye toward running for higher office.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
Up until then, managers had been reliant on the restaurant’s desktop systems, already overloaded with running all the back office restaurant operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
O'Connor responded by running a dominant 24.14 seconds in the 200m to reclaim top spot of the heptathlon competition.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
I throw on running clothes and head downstairs, where Mom’s doing today’s crossword puzzle at the kitchen table with a steaming mug of coffee next to her.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
