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The latest gaps between wage increases and prices may seem small, but that’s because we’re only looking at short-term moves.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
“Chronovisor,” a pleasurably hand-crafted curio, firmly asserts that the sensorial possibilities of film can seem infinite.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Such has become the new normal for frontier-model announcements in the post-Mythos age, where touting the guardrails can seem to outweigh posting the wins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Hazelhurst Court has 24 residents with robots and they certainly seem to enjoy their new companions.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Wearing leather chaps, they seem scornful, mean, powerful all at once.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
If we simply read the text of the 14th Amendment, the Due Process Clause seems an unlikely home for substantive rights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
For those inexplicably hoping for ParaBros, Skydance seems a bit of a letdown, especially considering all the trouble Ellison went to.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
"It seems to me it was just a matter of time," he told BBC News.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
His superpower seems to be the ability to cosplay a vain summer camp counselor in the Adirondacks from a bad Hallmark comedy.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
It seems like Emily kept most of her poems for herself, binding them into little books nobody knew about.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Sacking antiquity’s great capitals must have seemed extraordinary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
A pragmatist, Parmelin seemed to make more headway with US President Donald Trump than his predecessor Karin Keller-Sutter.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
He seemed more drawn to the model with doors and a heater.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The prince sympathised with residents who might be "anxious" about extreme weather events he said were no longer "one in 50-year" occurrences but instead seemed to be happening every year.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Maggie looked at her blankly, wondering why she was asking her, forgetting she was wearing an apron that seemed to indicate she worked here.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The humor comes from their passions not seeming worthy of the level of seriousness with which they pursue them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Bailey said geopolitics had made upside risks more prominent, amid a seeming loss of urgency to find solutions to the conflict.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The men dug through his files, seeming to know there was cash somewhere in the safe.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
And despite the situation in Russia seeming to get worse by the day, she said she still feels hopeful.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
They look a little like sea horses and will ride over land and sky, according to Vivi’s command, keeping their seeming for hours before collapsing back into weeds.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
