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To be a critic today — to pursue one’s passion for art and writing and learning, all rolled into one — is to subject oneself to a pretty bleak existence.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
About 37 gigawatts supposed to be delivered in 2028 may be subject to an outright pause, with another 12 gigawatts subject to various conditions that can be pretty onerous,” Cembalest said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
The number of plaintiffs who opted out of the settlement is subject to change, since some revoked their initial requests after recent rulings in favor of the company, the analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
The legislation will not affect the decision on whether to allow drilling at Rosebank off Shetland - the UK's largest known untapped field - which was approved in 2022 before being subject to legal challenges.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Burry had his own angle on this same subject, derived from the time he’d spent in medicine.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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The film’s subjects, mountaineer Jim Morrison and his partner Hilaree Nelson, found love at the edge of the world and made a life together, with Morrison becoming co-parent to Nelson’s two young sons.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
Such complex behaviors suggest that these spiders have unusual learning abilities, making them valuable subjects for investigating the relationship between sleep, nervous system function, and cognition.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
Adhwaryu says artists may soften captions, avoid certain subjects or think twice before submitting a cartoon.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Next week, we’ll celebrate them and three other subjects at our annual Innovator Awards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
“Now, sir, you can go on and arsk me what you want. You’ll excoose me refoosin’ to talk of perfeshunal subjects afore meals.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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They used mice subjected to tail suspension, an established experimental method for studying muscle atrophy.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
Female tennis players were subjected to more than 12,000 abusive posts and messages on social media last year, according to a report published earlier this year.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Ukraine's air force said the "air alert" app -- which typically warns of incoming Russian drone and missile attacks -- had been "subjected to hostile interference".
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
The social media posts where he does try to present himself as down-to-earth are frequently subjected to viral mockery.
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2026
I wore a red corduroy miniskirt, which Principal Rivera subjected to the fingertip test as I hurried to history class, striped tights, my Doc Martens, and a T-shirt Dad had given me.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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Mr. Sebag Montefiore doesn’t play favorites, subjecting all his characters to scrutiny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
It was an eye-catching conjecture: one of the most revered of the Founding Fathers subjecting people held against their will to possibly painful shocks.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
In her IMDb autobiography, she recalled early memories of subjecting relatives to renditions of “When I Grow Too Old to Dream,” from the 1935 film “The Night Is Young.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Those doubling down, however, are subjecting themselves to public wrath.
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2026
And in subjecting ourselves to week after week of toil, tedium, and suffering, it struck me that most of us were probably seeking, above all else, something like a state of grace.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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