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His promise has taken some time to be fulfilled.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
He worked with pollsters to survey thousands of people about retirement, finding that boomers increasingly saw retirement not as a time for rest but as a time for reinvention and exploration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
They were greeted by astronauts in blue space suits, eager to recount their time in space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
Friday's disruption was only the second time such a ground stoppage had been issued in US airspace -- which is among the busiest in the world -- since the 9/11 attacks.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
Still, it takes time for new ideas to sink in.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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The remarkable Wales defence followed as they held up the All Blacks three times over the line to stop New Zealand scoring, to evoke wild celebrations.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
None of them were part of the recent trial, though at least one is part of the new investigation, and all women were, at various times, in a relationship with Brand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
Airports encouraged people to check their flight status to avoid long wait times.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
"We also controlled the number of times they have to do it, because in customer service, every interaction is another faked smile."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2026
“Oh give up already! How many times do I have to tell you? You can’t love life back into it.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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This experience will also require a timed reservation and a paid ticket—$12 per person for a shared flight and $20 for a solo flight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Naval Academy, having deemed GPS dependable, stopped teaching midshipmen celestial navigation—the discipline of fixing a ship’s position based on timed sightings of the sun and the stars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
But they can’t see what I remember when I hold it: cymbals timed correctly during the performance, a gratified nod from the conductor after weeks of botching it in rehearsal.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
These included timed light exposure, melatonin, a clock-targeting drug called KL001, and time-restricted feeding.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
To achieve even a reasonably smooth and powerful stroke, they had to learn to execute a series of precisely timed and carefully coordinated moves.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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Future printings, assuming our book sells enough copies to need them, will not face the same timing constraint, and we’re working to get them printed as we intended.
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2026
By remarkable timing, the spacecraft passed through the ring current shortly after the May 2024 storm began and again as the disturbance approached its peak.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
“However, the timing creates an unfavorable competitive optic — a prolonged Microsoft 365 disruption comes just as Anthropic makes its initial foray into the productivity layer.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
The problem isn’t the target but the timing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
Being attacked was frightening to begin with, and in this case the timing couldn’t have been worse.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
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