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To underline, they have not won any of the four league games this season when the 34-year-old has been absent from their starting line-up.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
The point, it seems, is to underline the brevity and fragility of her characters’ lives, and of our own.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
Hong Kong benefits from the recovery of China as a tourism destination, while the conflict in the Middle East underline the importance of safety and stability for financial centers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Josh Bivens, the chief economist at the Economic Policy Institute, pointed to Federal Reserve data to underline the discrepancy between the tariffs Americans have paid versus the refunds they are seeing this year.
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026
The sound of the cicada only served to underline the enormous silence.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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