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The deal could be the start of a bigger move to share weaponry that Ukraine has honed during its war with Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
However, the ban has been backdated to start when she was initially suspended on 2 June 2025.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
“I think it’s real clear where we can start the GoFundMe to bring Aaron back,” team president Kevin Demoff joked to a raucous crowd that was cheering ‘AD, AD, AD.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Shipments are on track to start at the end of third quarter, Su said, and will ramp going into fourth quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
After reading about Joey’s bravery during the war and her arrival in the US, he’s inspired to start a fund drive called Joey’s International Leprosy Fund.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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He made three appearances during the tournament, including starts against Norway and England in the third-place play-off, as Les Bleus finished fourth.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Safety starts with drivers paying attention to people in the streets, whether biking, walking or playing, they said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
The actor starts his day with an early run and a six-and-a-half minute egg.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Samsung's new top-of-the-range model is the Z Fold8 Ultra -- successor to the Z Fold7 -- whose retail price starts at $2,100.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
But usually, Celia’s the one who starts her stopwatch and sets the pace, and I just match it.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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Jurgen Klopp started his reign as Germany's head coach by threatening to quit if the media invades his family's privacy.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Here’s what they came up with: It started with each Maine county holding its own convention, open to all registered Democrats, to select delegates to this weekend’s state convention.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
When OpenAI’s models started targeting Hugging Face on a weekend, one of the first warnings the company got was from a handful of AI agents it uses to patrol for attacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
What started as a two-month tour across the U.S. and parts of Canada is now a strategically placed, five-date extravaganza starting this weekend in Long Beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
As we started through it with our fragile burden, she stepped in front of us.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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COVID-19 is on the upswing in California and across a swath of the West and the South, a sign that the virus may be starting its seasonal summer uptick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
The other interesting argument made by Gromen was that Chinese AI is suddenly starting to disintermediate the U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
For him, starting an account was easier than navigating the Treasury Department’s TreasuryDirect.gov website to buy government bonds.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
By reducing the value-added tax rate to zero from 5%, Mr. Burnham says he’ll save the average household the princely sum of $60 a year starting in October.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
I was just starting to function close to something-like-normal again, when I saw her walk back in.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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