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In separate, earlier legal battles, the Duke of Sussex beat the Mirror Group in court, and the News Group out of court, forcing a settlement, damages, payout and apology.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
McVay said the current injury is separate from the preseason issue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
In a separate screed regarding the need to regulate A.I.,
From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2026
Restoring that protein, called Menin, improved several signs of aging, while a separate treatment with the amino acid D-serine improved cognition.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Apparently we were all traveling as far as Berlin, then each pursuing her separate route home.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
"This study gives us real-world evidence about what separates a storm that is becoming organized from one that remains tilted and less capable of strengthening."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
“That’s honestly the thing that separates him. That’s pretty rare to find.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Two medieval castles face each other—one on each side of the river that separates Estonia from Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Anak Krakatau, which means Child of Krakatau, sits in a strait that separates the islands of Java and Sumatra.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Moine’s argument is that what separates a great salesman from an average one is the number and quality of answers they have to the objections commonly raised by potential clients.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
Quantum entanglement occurs when two particles share properties in such a way that measurements of one can reveal information about the other, even when the particles are separated.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
The pain of being separated from Catarina when she cannot find a sponsor to help her remain marks a low point.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Ceuta is a Spanish autonomous city on the North African coast, bordering Morocco and separated from mainland Spain by the Strait of Gibraltar.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
The former couple, who tied the knot in March 2017, told People that they had been separated for some time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
A strip of sky separated it from the lake, but it was most definitely a patch of land with trees.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
The jet then tore through a perimeter fence, bashing an SUV traveling on a public road and hitting a second fence line separating an area where robotaxis were parked, she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
After separating from the glacier, the berg moved down Petermann Fjord toward Nares Strait at an average speed of about 3 kilometers per day during its first week.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Douglass was separating himself from the abolitionist circle that had launched his career and putting himself in a remarkable middle position.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Nvidia has started reporting its data-center sales in two parts, separating the large cloud providers from everyone else.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
We’re also driving on the line separating lanes on the road instead of between them.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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