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Yet the Commonwealth Games marks a major step forward in Amankwaah's fledgling career, and, as such, the aim is simple: "Just take in the whole experience," Amankwaah said.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Its premise—the first, disastrous encounter between a family of placid Neanderthals and a ruthless “new people,” Homo sapiens—is simple, though its execution is anything but.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
You’re craving something indulgent yet simple as you wind down.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Jacob Daniel Terrazas, 31, previously pleaded guilty in January to a misdemeanor count of simple assault on a federal officer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
The makeup was simple, pink lipstick and a little rouge.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Rather than reverse-engineering a large molecule, eCPs can hit the same biological target and produce the same clinical effect through a much simpler molecule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
In the view of John Campbell, senior portfolio manager at Allspring Global Investments, there’s a simpler explanation for the Magnificent Seven’s recent comeback: “safety in earnings.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 19, 2026
Others, like the Palmers and Ferrante, ask for something far simpler: a glimpse of what could have been.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026
By replacing those complex systems with a much simpler optical setup, the NTU team's work could make optical skyrmion research more accessible.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
It was a lot simpler than the MiG fighter jet Gagarin was used to flying, and that was by design—he wasn’t supposed to touch the controls.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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The simplest way to escape this debt burden is to do what the U.S. did after 1945, and inflate it away.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
And for the simplest possible showstopper, Frieda’s Hulas Ready-to-Drink Coconuts come peeled and prepped with a tool that lets you open them and insert a straw in seconds.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
His wife, Teena - who has been beside him since their days in Kolkata - puts his relationship with patients in the simplest terms.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
But lots of savers prefer the cheapest, simplest passive funds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
He never said much in any case and what he did say was always restricted to the simplest, since he spoke no Lapine.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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