survey
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Germany’s producer-price index for June on Monday will be followed by Germany’s ZEW economic sentiment index for July due on Tuesday and the German GfK consumer climate survey on Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Still, a 2023 survey found that 98% of defectors said they had watched South Korean dramas or films back home.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Americans, according to a recent survey, estimate they need $1.2 million to retire.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
The quake had a depth of a 9.2 miles, the survey said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Reed, Jules, and Marmalade slid onto the bar stools and swiveled to survey the rest of the room.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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Recent surveys show Netanyahu’s path to another premiership is narrowing as a patchwork of opposition parties gathers momentum, but political analysts say it is still anybody’s game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Japan's parliament tweaked the imperial succession law on Friday but maintained the bar on women emperors -- despite surveys suggesting wide public support for the idea.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
The agency said it went door to door, mailed notices to 1,842 nearby addresses, distributed door hangers, met with the Byzantine Latino Quarter Business Improvement District, emailed stakeholders, conducted surveys and shared information online.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
As future sky surveys and gravitational lensing observations become even more precise, scientists will have new opportunities to test whether dark matter is truly made of multiple components.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
The moment the surveys were distributed, in third-period history, I bubbled in my answers.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
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The paper has done its own polling, which it says suggests that only 24% of the people it surveyed in south-east England believe Burnham's rise to power has been "legitimate".
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
American soldiers have surveyed damage, overseen airport repairs and delivered aid supplies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Of the people surveyed, 46% had never heard it.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
One exception to this pattern was Singapore, which had the highest GDP per capita of the countries surveyed and a high level of positivity towards China.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
I surveyed the meat, vegetables, and dough Mama had set out on the counter.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
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Operating above Earth's atmosphere, Euclid avoids the infrared glow that limits ground based observations while surveying enormous portions of the sky at remarkable depth.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
"When I opened it in the seventies, I was still a young man... now nothing is left," he said, leaning heavily on a walking stick and surveying the vast destruction.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
However security is handled, there will be no ICE officers surveying the crowd with facial-recognition software and abducting people for unstated reasons.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
"There's something interesting about seeing it this morning," says Sufiyaan Salam, surveying the sleepy street.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
He had a spyglass and was surveying the ocean, on the lookout for pirates.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
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