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"If you auditioned for the play, then you got to skip out math class," he recalled.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Markets now think the Fed will skip a move at its October meeting and then hike in December.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Brits who want to see the 11th-century relic say they’re being treated like Taylor Swift fans on Ticketmaster while American tech billionaires, luxury hotel guests and museum sponsors get to skip the line.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
For example, does a student need to take an entry-level math class or can they skip ahead to more advanced mathematics?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
“If there’s too much snow, we can skip the hikes tomorrow.”
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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Petar Doitchinov, a 67-year-old retired engineer, said he had skipped the first round because he expected a runoff,.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
“I don’t care who wins in the 40th,” said Orange County Democratic Party Chair Florice Hoffman, who skipped voting in the race.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Mine is that I put in the hours, skipped trips I wanted to take and turned down a chance to go part time at 58 because I wanted us secure.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
"That's where it feels like a weird tightrope. You can't use AI too much because otherwise you're not human. But if you don't write like an AI, you may get skipped by the AI screening."
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
I said, grabbing Peach by the arm as he almost skipped into a giant puddle.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
This is reflected in his campaign’s perhaps oversimplified yard signs, the majority of which carry only two words “Sununu, Senator,” prompting plenty of residents to wonder if he’s deliberately skipping listing his first name.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026
Except when the moment arrived, she inexplicably dodged it, skipping the song’s first chorus and soft-pedaling the second — an anticlimax for the ages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
In a few seconds the CrossWave had squirted to its top speed of 55 mph and was skipping across the gentle swells in a blaring, brutalizing ecstasy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
She said some families on the lowest incomes were going to have to make decisions such as whether to "prioritise feeding their children over themselves", skipping meals and choosing not to heat their homes.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
I dressed them in glittering clothes made of silver dust and sent them skipping around the giant’s ink-black feet.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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