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Burnham has twice before run to become the Labour leader, in 2010 and 2015 - losing to Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn respectively.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The Fain-Boyer rift started almost as soon as the two agreed to run as allies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The core rate is a better predictor of inflation trends in the long run.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
His father, Jim Thome, ranks eighth on the career home run list with 612 and was a first-ballot Hall of Famer in 2018.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
“We mustn’t let the clock run down,” he said.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
"They're in an environment that's really unfamiliar to them, and we're applying pressure in a number of different ways," says Matt Johns, who founded Fieri, the company which runs this course.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Last month Ms. Mendoza announced that she’ll run against Mayor Brandon Johnson if he runs for re-election next year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
For the actors union, the objection runs deeper than any single role or AI-generated advertisement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
The company argued the merger would create a stronger rival to Netflix, Amazon and Apple, and pledged to release at least 30 films a year for full theatrical runs with a minimum 45-day window.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
She runs for the kitchen and returns moments later with an unfolded newspaper that’s twice her size.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
Videos online showed him sobbing as he ran out of the burning bar.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
When Graham ran for president in 2015, the idea of cooling partisan tensions and working with political opponents was one of his central messages.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Andrew Left of Citron Research was convicted in June of securities fraud for touting stocks, then quickly selling them after they ran up, pocketing over $20 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
In the sixth, the tying run scored when All-Star third baseman Max Muncy’s throw to the plate hit Geraldo Perdomo in the back as he ran home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
“I’m telling you, we ran the wrong way!” the angel with the flashlight shouted.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
The only part of the package he disagrees with, Baka said, is the section which prevents parliamentary deputies who have served three terms from running again.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
They have now focused their efforts on the basic mechanics of running an insurance marketplace, including with a challenge to the Failure to File and Reconcile policy—or FTR—in City of Columbus v.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The deluge means investors could risk running up against concentration limits in their portfolios from a single company or industry.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
The dataset combined information from long running aging studies in 14 locations, including the United States, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, four regions of Europe, Korea, Mexico, China, Malaysia, Brazil, and India.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
But running down the street to pick up his hat, I encountered Otto surrounded by an indignant little cluster of people who had seen what happened.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
