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Despite a flurry of vague timelines and lofty promises, it doesn’t seem like we’ll be out of the woods any time soon.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
If we’re giving parents money for childcare, it does indeed seem fair to allow that money to support at-home care too, whether the carer is the child’s parent or a nanny.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
Consensus forecasts of $1.8 billion in 2030 sales for Etcamah seem unlikely to change as a result of the trial data, they add.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
When she questioned multiple scans that did not seem to show evidence of a tumour, she says the consultant told her it would not be "visible to the naked eye".
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“You seem to have gotten your appetite back.”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
If the VAR audio was to be made available live, which seems a long way off, there would still be limitations.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
He seems to gradually rediscover his brother’s charms—“I forgot how funny he was.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
At first glance, it seems reasonable to expect that an ion would interact most strongly with a laser exactly at the beam's brightest point.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
To those of us of an older vintage, Sept. 11, 2001, seems like it was yesterday.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Reader, this seems like a good time to remind you that drowning is one of the most dangerous dangers to undead animals, and by now, Clare was painfully aware of his waning strength.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
I can still remember how blue the skies in California seemed during that brief interlude.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
This cohort seemed, to borrow from the Paul Simon song, to be born at the right time: AI turbocharged revenue growth and attracted deep-pocketed investors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Nothing seemed to fit properly in the steamer.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
They actually seemed to enjoy the challenge, and straight away they were well-organised and very disciplined.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Only one thing seemed familiar, the hungry hollow in my stomach.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
A pair of women, seeming doppelgängers of Ari’s roommate and a second guest, suddenly appear; as inexplicably, the host vanishes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 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
A floating 'island' in a reservoir in British Columbia has turned up about 20 miles from where it was last spotted, after seeming to vanish in July.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 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
To me, he was sort of like a unicorn—unusual to the point of seeming almost unreal.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
