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I know apartment hunting can be overwhelming, especially when you’re doing it from a different city, and hiring a broker might seem like a convenience that’s well worth the cost.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Why do some dreams feel so vivid that they seem almost real, while others unfold as confusing fragments that are difficult to remember or understand?
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
Fund companies are, though, even if it doesn’t seem that way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
“It didn’t seem to be an issue. But, again, I don’t know what people said behind closed doors.”
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
They seem out of step emotionally with the rest of the world.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Garden eventually went on record to suggest that the lack of repeats was punishment for the trio's "disloyalty", saying in 2020: "It seems they've held that grudge ever since."
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Only the real joke, it seems, is that Judith assumed her mission-completion rate and dedication were enough to maintain the respect of Sam and their boss, played by Bill Nighy.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
This comment seems designed to set the blame for any tightening on other Fed members.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
Wallace is expressive, sweet, thoughtful and seems to truly enjoy life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
“Opa! How about Smit? That seems a popular name these days.”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
She was the girl who seemed to have it all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Listening carefully during our interview, it seemed Burnham had distinct gears.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
It seemed like a sci-fi plotline just seven months ago, when I wrote about some Stanford researchers who were experimenting with hacking bots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
The outbreak was soon coming to an end — or so it seemed.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
He would be coming to the party later, as indeed, it seemed, would all of Haarlem.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The latest strikes bring further uncertainty to investors as to when shipping might resume at more typical levels through the Strait of Hormuz, with peace talks between Washington and Tehran no longer seeming imminent.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 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
Spark was a shapeshifter, capable “of seeming two different women on successive days,” as the novelist David Lodge remarked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The play, which won the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize this year, entices on the page despite seeming overstuffed and curiously decentralized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Belmonte watched Romero, too, watched him always without seeming to.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
