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But Weston defended Thames' pay levels, saying his own pay was set by a committee and that the company needed to be able to attract and retain talent.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
“I am looking at a broader set of inflation data than PCE,” Warsh said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Considering that his bandmates included Rod Stewart and future Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood, their set would have likely been incandescent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Davies has made production changes to “Jeopardy!” over his tenure, updating the set and the game board.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Clare had not set foot in the forest across the street since he’d un-died.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Whatever Warsh’s leanings, economists also point out that he is just one voter on a 12-member committee that sets the key U.S. interest rate.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
UC sets the line at the 30th percentile of California household income, recalculating each year using U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Some 35 bodies and more than 100 sets of ashes were found by police when the business was raided in March 2024.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Hugging Face, an open-source platform with downloadable AI models and data sets, hosts more than 113,000 derivatives of Qwen, an AI from the Chinese company Alibaba.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
He sets it on his desk beneath the homemade lamp and flips to the page.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Many celebrated setting foot on Spanish soil by shouting, “Long Live Spain.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Chesney said Wednesday he had no interest in setting those expectations or “in putting artificial limits on ourselves.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
He pinned that on higher depreciation and the cost of setting up Meta Superintelligence Labs, which was introduced last year.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Pyrrait wrote on Instagram, external that they had stopped to drink water and take photos, before setting off again with Strong initially in the lead, before the coach overtook him.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
To her it was simply a setting in which to talk about Jesus—as indeed was every place else.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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