shed
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She weighed 240 pounds when she started taking the drug in March 2023, and she rapidly started to shed pounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The origins of Smart Play shed some light on Lego’s chip move.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
SpaceX’s market capitalization has shed more than $800 billion from the high it reached on July 16, putting its valuation at less than $1.8 trillion.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
As studios and TV networks have shed jobs over the years, more entertainment workers are applying their expertise at major YouTube creator-led businesses, which have continued to grow their audiences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
There was nothing to sit upon in the shed but upended dough buckets, but they sufficed.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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“In our view, this sheds some light on the group’s inflow target of A$18 billion-A$20 billion for FY27,” Jefferies says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Around 100 firefighters have been called to a fire affecting a house, gardens, sheds and a railway embankment in Walthamstow, east London.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
The study also sheds light on how these natural drug-producing systems evolved.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
"If we want something done, we have to agree that part of the fee will be put to that purpose, like the repainting of the sheds."
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
With most of the slaves working the mines, and only a few toiling inside the ramshackle refining sheds, the giant yard was almost deserted.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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Argentina's players joined Messi in shedding tears after the final whistle, though even that ended in an undignified scrum between players and officials from either side.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
There is some evidence that Netflix is shedding subscribers, or at least getting on their nerves.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Brown said he was initially diagnosed with “bad food poisoning” but after multiple visits to urgent care and shedding 20 pounds, the health care team conducted a diagnostic fecal test and discovered Brown had cyclosporiasis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Seoul again suffered heavy selling, with SK hynix shedding more than three percent, the day after a 15 percent collapse.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
We spent the morning talking and looking at examples of trees gored by shedding antlers and branches snapped by lumbering bodies.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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