transfer
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The top back row options for coach Stefanie Wigfall, who will likely pass the 400-win mark this season, are senior Olive Shum and Mira Costa transfer Blake Gurney.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
In Brazil, where personalities often matter more than party labels, powerful leaders have long tried to transfer their popularity to handpicked successors—with wildly mixed results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Drain, rinse under cold water and transfer to the baking dish.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
The transfer is expected to be completed in the coming days.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Nor evidently did he transfer the design onto the canvas but worked directly on the surface, making subtle adjustments as he went along.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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That matches the 14 such transfers made across the whole of 2025-26.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Some 8.7 million voters were registered in the copper-rich nation of 22 million, which has a long record of peaceful transfers of power.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Nine of the 14 moves identified this summer are listed as free transfers, with the other five for undisclosed fees.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
He said he became suspicious when the SPV operator only accepted wire transfers, and after one operator was willing to take his money even past its stated deadline to participate in the offer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
They had sent her a list of potential transfers.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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The Met has said the original report, made to Devon and Cornwall Police in 2017, was transferred to London because the alleged offending took place within its jurisdiction.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Two months later, on 5 August, one male and one female gibbon were transferred from Perundurai to Vikram's relative in Chennai, according to the Forest Department's investigation.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
“I’ve been working pretty much myself,” said the 5-foot-11, 210-pound running back who transferred from Mira Costa to Gardena Serra.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
In another context, a president being quietly transferred between aircraft in a service vehicle might register as little more than a piece of security choreography — unusual, perhaps, but hardly ready-made for farce.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
He transferred to an Ivy League school, Brown, where he joined an organization called the Third World Center.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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The copper-rich southern African country has a long record of transferring power through the ballot box, with every change of president since the return to multiparty politics in 1991 achieved through elections.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
According to interviews and internal emails reviewed by ProPublica, career staffers at the Justice Department warned that transferring voter rolls to HSI to enable it to search for noncitizen voters could violate federal privacy laws.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
"Zoos within the UK have gone from transferring about 1400 animals between the UK and Europe each year, to last year only about 390," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
He has been advising clients in this situation to consider options such as transferring the property to a new trust with the primary resident as the sole beneficiary, a process known as “decanting.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
I knew where the spot was—the part where the operator said that she was transferring the call to Fire and Rescue and the part where Epiphany Fire and Rescue comes on.
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
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