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It is also seeking damages from DB Cargo UK, claiming that the latter "breached a contractual duty to ensure that reasonable care was taken" in maintaining the wagon.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
It is the seduction of surfaces Cusk is exploring here, the ways we are taken in by so much that is chimerical: lavish interiors, actors, our own doubled selves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Accounting for that history could help scientists more accurately distinguish microbiome changes associated with disease from changes caused by medications taken in the past.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Beyond its taste, Japanese Wagyu is distinguished by the extreme attention taken in producing it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
When I received the message from her sister, I thought it had to be a ploy to make me hate Ella, and I resolved not to be taken in.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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