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In a separate room with bunk beds for napping, younger children sat on a pink-and-blue mat, captivated by a teacher reading them a story.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Chop herbs, grate cheese, cut citrus wedges and assemble any salads, keeping the greens and dressing separate.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
Another verified video shows two massive, separate fires coming from buildings near that section of the market.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
In a separate Gartner survey, 80% of chief executives said technology now has become strategy itself, with tech at the center of conversations that drive competitiveness and enterprise direction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Mount Vernon grew over the years to more than 8,000 acres, divided into five separate farms.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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The MDL is the border within the DMZ that separates the two countries.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
To the east, the Adriatic Sea separates Italy from the partially visible Balkan Peninsula.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
In June, business applications from Gen Z customers grew disproportionately from a year earlier, Bowley said, as did payments to open limited-liability companies, a business structure that separates personal and financial assets and liabilities.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Sliced Bread separates science fact from the marketing fiction.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Talk about blurring the line that separates us, Sofia.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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After Harry and Meghan separated themselves from the British family, they settled in California in the affluent neighborhood of Montecito.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
By making Monday's result non-binding, she got around a court decision blocking the pro-separation petition because it failed to consult indigenous First Nations whose land would be affected if the province separated.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
In other words, black holes separated by enormous differences in mass appear to activate delayed jets at essentially the same relative feeding rate.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
His wife, who is separated from him, lived in their Manhattan apartment until 2023, when she relocated to her own apartment in Miami Beach, records show.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Whether it was finding a perfect family who ended up returning him like a broken gift, or a kind mother who came with terrible brothers, or simply being separated from his sister—something always went wrong.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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Fuller said it would consider separating certain businesses and plans to complete a market check by the end of the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
“I started thinking about this in a way that I think was separating me from the pain of what was happening,” Crystal told the outlet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
A global children's charity has said it will not release a report that it commissioned to investigate its role in separating children from their families during Syria's civil war.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
The researchers addressed this limitation by separating phosphorus according to the minerals that contained it.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
She discovered she had an excellent memory for important information and a knack for separating the essential from the superfluous.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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