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That means that for students who get some sort of financial aid, Syracuse costs thousands more than its competitors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
"My personal ambition to prove any doubters wrong is sort of always there, but I try not to let that be my driver," Lampard explained.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
As a result, Warsh sort of pushed the matter of the balance sheet off to the side, Gunster noted.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
“I imagine there’s some sort of glitch or bug that’s blasting all your followers when you use similar captions,” they surmised.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
It was sort of crushed and matted in the back.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
She took shame and made it a flag, one big enough for all sorts of Americans to settle beneath.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Chief Executive Stéphane Bancel normally talks off the cuff at these sorts of events.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
They have a lot of people on staff who are in the fundraising business, send out mail, and now they do TV advertisements and all sorts of things to raise money.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026
“It opens the door for all sorts of conspiracy theories, and I can’t really shoot any of those down. That’s the problem,” Crandall said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
As we wait, I make all sorts of deals with myself.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Here’s the list, sorted by 12-month upside potential implied by the analysts’ consensus price targets:
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Copper, tantalum and even the plastic from circuit boards are sorted and sold to specialist recyclers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Jacie Prieto Lopez, vice president of communications for LA28, the Olympics organizing group, confirmed that improvements would be made to the facility but said specifics were still being sorted out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
He caveated his support as being for the principle of assisted dying and insisted he would want a requirement before any new law was implemented that hospices would be "properly funded and sorted out".
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
“It’s sorted in alphabetical order, not year, so...”
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
When disposable vape cartridges are put in garbage or recycling bins, they can be crushed by garbage trucks and sorting equipment at waste facilities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Look at the internet or railroads, another argued: Each was marked by a wave of euphoria, then the eventual sorting of the winners and losers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The event features hundreds of teams competing in events such as running and football as well as less sporty challenges like box opening and sorting library books.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Hundreds of volunteers hurried through the packed parking lot next to Bogota's largest stadium, forming human chains to pass donated water bottles, food provisions, sanitary products and bedding to the sorting area.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
I never saw Dad carry anything to a sorting bin; he just chucked it, with all the strength he had, from wherever he was standing.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
