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“We’re going to take out Pickaxe Mountain,” Trump told radio host Hugh Hewitt this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
There are steps we could take to make the court seem more like the public body it’s supposed to be.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026
The fire service's wildfire tactical adviser, Kevin Dingwall, said that many people will be outdoors enjoying the weather this week and urged them to take "simple steps" to prevent fires from starting.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
"We must take their concerns seriously or our party will suffer the consequences."
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
When Aunt J taught him, she had no idea how well he’d take to cooking.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
As they acclimate to rural life, they’re embraced by a community that takes care of each other and the world around them, including the kind, furry giant who Mei names Totoro.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Thinking about Wednesday's game takes me back to Saint-Etienne in 1998, which was one of the most memorable matches I ever played in, and certainly one of the most talked about.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Its red dwarf takes more than 100 days to complete one rotation, even though it circles the white dwarf every 14.9 days.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
Brian Robbins’s Big Shot Pictures takes a stake in the 68-year-old franchise, with plans for short-form content and a new movie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Rue gently takes the phone from me and talks to Grandma.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
The bank’s wealth division took in $148 billion in net new assets in the quarter, more than half of which was linked to IPOs on its workplace investing platform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
It sometimes took years for people to find out that their headaches or nosebleeds or breathing pains and nausea could be traced back to that business maybe only a few blocks away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Staff there lost over $1 billion in the collapse, which took place, like many collapses, in a matter of weeks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
The number of UK armed forces and scientists who took part in the nuclear testing programme may be 15% higher than the estimated 21,357.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
“Like we don’t got enough to deal with! That PCP organization is gonna ruin what already took forever to build,” she says bitterly.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
High levels of Cold War "secrecy" were a factor in the haphazard approach taken towards the medical records of nuclear test veterans, an official report has found.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
We were taken to task for overlooking any of more than 30 other intense rivalries and ridiculed for failing to appreciate that England vs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Additional photographs taken by astronauts and cosmonauts can be viewed through the NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
For this reason, family and close friends such as longtime gallerist Julie Roberts have taken on the work of accounting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
He had been taken prisoner by the Russians over a year before.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
Except for when passengers, after taking turns at rigging, filed below deck to explore the ship’s white-oak skeleton, which flexed and creaked in the current—the ancient sounds of a seafaring world that’s all but lost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Chancellor Friedrich Merz signalled Wednesday he was not opposed to Chinese carmakers taking over struggling German auto plants but cautioned it could not be a long-term solution for the industry's problems.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
“While we view the company as setting the correct priorities and taking prudent actions, we see little in today’s release that suggests near-term fundamentals are improving,” BNP Paribas analyst Max Gumport said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Discussions have been taking place amongst a tight group of people - the next Number 10 chief of staff James Purnell, Louise Haigh and the former MP who stood aside for Burnham, Josh Simons.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
‘What is it?’ said Renn, taking a pull at the waterskin.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
