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It is manufactured and sold in more than 200 countries and territories, yet its story began with a tiny introductory advertisement in the Atlanta Journal of May 29, 1886: “Coca-Cola. Delicious! Refreshing! Exhilarating! Invigorating!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
It’s a nice story, but what happens to Emma is more common.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Fortunately for Rispoli, Wellman and anyone else associated with Journalism, including the fans who bet him down to 1-5 odds Saturday at Del Mar Racetrack, this story ended much happier than it began.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
We all know the story by now of the duo's first meeting almost 20 years ago, when a five-month-old Lamine Yamal was pictured being bathed by a 20-year-old Messi for a competition photoshoot.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Clarke couldn’t leave Essa’s story unfinished, not with the cliffhanger in The Stars Fall.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
As is often the case with stories told at bars, we are missing some details, so it is hard to say exactly what happened.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 19, 2026
Now her Reddit comment history is full of replies to posts about infant loss and avoidant partners, offering advice, support, and stories of her own experience.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026
Prime Video has cornered the market on young-adult fiction, catering to a massive audience of women and girls who want to escape into love stories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
"You realise when you hear their stories and what their lives are like, that the idea of employment is very, very, very challenging," says Price.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
He wanted to tell stories, burn his big lamp, brew his bitter tea and drink five or six mugs, then eat the black leaves.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
The two nations will resume one of international football's most storied rivalries at the Atlanta Stadium, as England bid to defeat the defending champions and reach their first World Cup final since 1966.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The Ellison family would control such storied franchises as Harry Potter, Bugs Bunny, Batman, “Top Gun” and “Game of Thrones.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
The Academy Award-winning star and her husband, director Taylor Hackford, have relisted their longtime Hollywood Hills estate for just a touch under $13 million after completing an extensive renovation at the storied property.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Wildfires raged across southern Europe on Monday, forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes and prompting officials to ban spectators from a stage of the storied Tour de France cycling race.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
It was a role that, had she not vanished, may have launched a storied career to rival the greats.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
I mean this book doesn't do a lot of war storying.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 17, 2018
Behold now! of my godhead I will make Thy senses burn with vision, storying The spirit of woman growing from loved to love.
From Emblems Of Love by Abercrombie, Lascelles
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