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"I'm just going to savour every single second of these last 10 shows."
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
A single game, even one as impressive as Saturday’s, doesn’t define a career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
"The longitudinal exploration of cardiovascular health throughout life, rather than assessing it at a single time point, could also provide further insight into the trajectory phenotypes contributing to cognitive decline by ethnicity," Vazquez said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
There are around a dozen candidates, with those trailing Lula and Bolsonaro polling in the single digits.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
If it's angry, a Kodiak bear can kill a hunter with a single swipe of its paw.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
After a trio of one-out singles from Teoscar Hernández, Alex Call and Hunter Feduccia, Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman each came up with the bases loaded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
"We're seeing a clear shift towards community and real-life connections—whether that's singles joining run clubs or turning to offline matchmaking because they've simply had enough of online dating."
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Some singles are turning to AI-trained matchmakers as they burn out on swiping.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Since her last album, Rihanna has released singles, including some linked to film projects, including 2022's Lift Me Up for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Increasingly it became the case that albums were for adults and hit-parade singles were for the youth.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
The board singled out the persistent bombing of German oil and communications facilities as a factor that impeded the resupply of the Nazi tank army.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
One of the most controversial grants that officials singled out for funds was recently dropped, the State Department official told ProPublica.
From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026
It’s likely that you’re not being singled out for poor performance.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Corbin Carroll grounded into a forceout at second, moving Marte to third, before Gabriel Moreno singled on a liner to right that scored Marte.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
Segregationists singled out Reverend Martin Luther King,Jr., branding him a “troublemaker,” an “outsider” who had come from Adanta to stir up local blacks.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
"We improved performance across our key financial metrics," he said, singling out gains in net revenue and operating income among others.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Mamdani spent his mayoral campaign last year beating the drum on affordability, singling out the high cost of housing as a driving force behind people leaving the city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Asked to name the best thing he ate during season two, he immediately says "everything" - before singling out a handful of pasta dishes, including one made with different types of mozzarella.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
Mr. Urban has natural swagger and he’s the best aspect here, although that’s like singling out the most fragrant part of a swamp.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
It reminded Lazlo of that awful day at the Enquiries desk when he’d requisitioned Lazlo’s books: the sudden cut of his eyes singling Lazlo out.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
