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Soccer cognoscenti describe his economy of movement, the intelligence of his runs, the subtlety of his touch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The rhetoric, some economists say, is symptomatic of a country that has lost touch with fiscal reality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
It got a touch nervy as the visitors knocked it about, trying to work it into all the space that Scotland were affording them.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
“The newer things I’m working on are more like display items, but you can absolutely touch them,” she explained.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
I didn’t have to touch that horrid reference letter—Join you at Bell—and now I’ll never have to see it again.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
The series is decorated with odd little touches and ideas, not necessarily explained.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
There is a moment in the 1939 film 'The Wizard of Oz' where Dorothy swaps her monochrome world for glorious, eye-opening technicolour the minute she touches down in the Land of Oz.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The long-term Treasury bond yield touches a 24-year high, while the New York Fed’s president says there was “no need for urgency” in raising interest rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Biles has also filled the home with more personal touches, particularly inside her private office, where she has begun displaying mementos from her decorated gymnastics career.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Putting the bridge on the monochord so it touches the string changes the notes that are played.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Min Aung Hlaing touched down on Wednesday, invited for a two-day visit to discuss thousands of Myanmar migrants being sent back under a repatriation scheme touted by Anwar.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
When he first touched down in the U.S. in early June, he was best known to the rest of the world as an icy goal machine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Rubio, often mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in 2028, touched on what he considered dangers in the world, such as "radical mullahs" in Iran and suicide bombers.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Min Aung Hlaing touched down at 0430 GMT at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, state media images showed, with the Myanmar leader descending the steps to a waiting car.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
No—Jonah went over and touched it—it was still solid rock.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
On campus, students are educated on the importance of not touching or feeding the donkeys, which weigh about 500 pounds and can charge at humans when feeling threatened.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
After touching its narrowest level on record recently, there have been signs that breadth is making a comeback, as more stocks and sectors have turned higher over the past few sessions.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
The accusations by the women journalists include inappropriate touching by some police.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Nvidia stock is within touching distance of a record high as it highlights the usable life of its chips in a rebuttal to Michael Burry.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
We were supposed to go to the Creativity Lab to build robots, design cars, and make flocks of birds fly by touching the wall.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
