shed
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The force said officers were waiting for a post-mortem examination to be carried out to help shed more light on the circumstances leading up to her death.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
To paraphrase stylist Bailey Rose Quiñones, they’re ready to shed old selves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Within about 10 days the S&P 500 had shed nearly 14% as stocks swooned following the “Liberation Day” tariff announcement at the start of April.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Dollar-sensitive gold futures shed $51.50, or 1.2%, to $4364.50 a troy ounce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
“I will build a shed for meself,” Liam had told me.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
Tasks like keeping medical records up to date and making sure jobs like scraping out sheds are done can take a lot of time.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Takaichi has also accelerated a beefing up of Japan's military capabilities as its sheds its strict pacifist stance in place since the war.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
As this happens, it sheds its outer layers into space.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
The actress said this experience and the media coverage surrounding it sheds light on a pervasive issue within the animal welfare and rescue industry: shelter overcrowding brought on by the pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
His agility is surprising, because he’s so big he makes gardening sheds seem tiny.
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
These Image Makers are shedding expectations and weeding out the noise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The stock was shedding 13% in recent morning trading toward a three-month low and was on track for its biggest one-day selloff since it sank 22.6% on April 3, 2025.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Scientists estimate that so-called dark matter and dark energy make up 95% of the universe, and shedding more, er, light on them could unveil more about how the universe was created.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
For billions of years, an ancient cluster of stars has been gradually coming apart, shedding stars that now form a faint, narrow ribbon across space.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Ben said a man who truly mastered Heart of Stone could go to his sister’s funeral without ever shedding a tear.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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