seem
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They seem to be taking up a lot of mental real estate, and they don’t have to.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
JPMorgan’s Johnson says investors seem convinced that SMRs will be built.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
As writer Freddie deBoer argues, Pangram doesn’t seem broken but does seem easy to break.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
He doesn't seem interested in investing, but he's also not interested in selling.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
It didn’t seem fair to ask me to purchase my own work clothes when uniforms were provided for the other operators.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
And it seems there’s a good chance they’ll be shorthanded at SoFi Stadium during Week 2 of preseason play against the 49ers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
But this year, the vibe once again seems to have shifted—this time, away from supplicating the reelected president.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
He never seems to judge the actions of others too harshly, because he knows what it means to struggle to be a decent person.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
But fame as a general concept also seems much more attainable than it did 21 years ago.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
I’m not able to sleep, and the idea of doing nothing seems worse than the idea of something, no matter how far-fetched that something is.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
When the canine made its tabloid debut on TMZ the next day, Swifties were agog: “Cat lady” Taylor Swift, it seemed, had become a dog mom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
"Hayden seemed different when I met her this time than when I met her in the early years," Chatwin told People, external.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The plan hasn’t seemed to change under current CEO Josh D’Amaro, who managed the Epic Games partnership in his previous role as parks chief and has emphasized the importance of technology in his new position.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
But there was, indeed, a brief aperture of time in the pressure cooker of 2020 when it all seemed possible.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
Is that why Calvin seemed so out of sorts?
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
It also means that as a business strategy, refreshers can chase every single trend that comes up online with seeming ease.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
The seeming lull in job postings and hiring likely stems in part from the five-month-old conflict with Iran and the spike in oil prices.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
"If his rhetoric is as dynamic as his seeming personality and he actually brings to life some of what he's talking about, the next two to three years will be more promising," she added.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
He stands awkwardly, like he doesn’t know what to do with his limbs, seeming uncomfortable in his own studio, as if doubting his right to be there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Then he thought about what Sairy had said about the holler seeming empty after their kids left, and that seemed like another secret they’d kept from each other.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
