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Players have been asking for a greater share of the revenue made by the event organisers, citing issues like late-night start times, lack of recovery time, increases in media duties, and pension contributions.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
SpaceX might start producing parts for power turbines, to ease bottlenecks to AI growth.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Scheffler began 2026 with a bang when he won his first start at the American Express back in January.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Choosing time over money doesn’t have to be out of reach if you plan accordingly — and establishing good financial habits before making major life changes is a wise start.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
It was the start of her morphing into the same kind of snob that Mom accuses Auntie Jessa of being.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Like the Celtic calendar, it is divided into 4 seasons, but it starts one month later on 1 September.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
The Laffer Curve represents the theory that, at a certain level, revenue actually starts to fall rather than rise as tax rates increase.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
“When the cicada surges escalate to a point where it starts to significantly disrupt home life across a neighborhood, we had to act decisively,” said Choo, who represents the hardest-hit area in Singapore’s parliament.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Once you start pulling on this thread, the whole thing starts to unravel.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
And right away, Wes starts to ramble about how it’s not a good idea to date someone from the same club.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
That fire was started by downed power lines due to high winds.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
This year, Europe started imposing duties on cheap parcels, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Lately, I’ve started to think I was keeping the wrong ledger.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
The 28-year-old started his first Premier League game for United in 21 months in the 5-2 victory over Ipswich at Old Trafford, and was one of his side's main attacking threats.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
They are followers of the Austrian Dr. Gall, who started the brain revolution by declaring that the brain was the seat of intelligence, emotions, and will.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian was due to take part in a summit starting Monday of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a regional bloc that seeks to be a counterinfluence to the West.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Under Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new rent freeze, landlords of these apartments will have to keep rents flat for one- and two-year leases starting in October.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The pop star has since returned to performing with a small run of shows in the UK, starting with a London gig in March.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Star receiver Puka Nacua and starting left tackle Alaric Jackson are the subjects of continuing investigations by the NFL related to separate off-the-field incidents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
He’d never been much of anywhere, but he was starting to sense how every place had its own personality.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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