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The support groups are run by the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, external, which provides mental health services.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
In it, Burnham writes that by shifting decision-making power out of London, he hopes to bring about the "much-needed sea change in the way Britain is run".
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Ken Jouppi was hired to fly a grocery run from Fairbanks to the village of Beaver.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
High thread density refers to the ability to run massive amounts of independent tasks at the same time on a single chip.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
He loved to run, and he wished that Tall Tailless did too.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
His positional versatility allows him to play as a narrow winger on both the left and right side of attack, before making runs akin to a centre-forward.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Hyrox, a strenuous fitness competition that involves 1-kilometer runs and multiple strength challenges such as hauling weights, had 55,000 participants in China this past year, up from 7,300 a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Those were the only runs he allowed in 5 ⅓ innings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Helicopters made repeated runs over houses with shuttered windows, and fire engines tore up and down the road.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
He runs his finger back and forth along the train route.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
"I suddenly felt like I had something to say, so I ran with it."
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
And on Saturday in London, he ran a mile in an unprecedented 3 minutes and 42.66 seconds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
“The reform measure was extraordinarily popular, it was going to pass, so instead of going at it directly, he ran a competing measure.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
We ran the forensic analysis instead on GLM 5.2, an open-weight model, on our own infrastructure.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Seven iron bars ran across it, four bars up and down.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
It also churns out affordable Xtep-branded running shoes in the $30 to $75 price range, as well as high-end Xtep-branded running sneakers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Cloud gaming allows players to stream and play games online from a remote server using a phone, tablet or controller, rather than downloading and running it on a PC or console at home.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Bass is running against City Councilmember Nithya Raman, who heads the council’s committee on housing and homelessness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Four women and two men are in the running to succeed Antonio Guterres as leader of the United Nations, which faces unprecedented global instability, wars and its own crushing budget crisis.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
I followed, almost running to keep up as he pounded down the sidewalk.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
