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During another pass, I was even able to upshift from 2nd to third gear without losing the drift, swinging wide at the track edge, trailing clouds of glory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
On defense, he is going to let Wallace shut down wide receivers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
The wide, elevated rift flanks predicted by the new simulations also appear in images captured by the Magellan probe during its 1990's mission.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
A US review panel on Friday recommended loosening restrictions on all but one of a buzzy class of peptides, dismissing protests from medical experts who say none are well-studied enough to justify wide access.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
But I was wide awake, so I noticed a random moonbeam strike the doorknob as it began to turn.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
The Indian Army, however, has provided the wider institutional framework around much of her development.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Kirby's report is yet to be published, but it's part of the government's wider plans to tackle stubborn levels of economic inactivity that remain higher than before the pandemic.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Although the work focuses on fundamental scientific questions, it is closely connected to technologies that could become increasingly important for Sweden and the wider green economy.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
It was part of a wider stock selloff amid fears that Big Tech is overspending on AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Yet in the wider world, the war was drawing closer to American shores—and it would push both Elizebeth and William to their limits.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
Of the three known planets in the system, Beta Pictoris d has the widest orbit, although it still lies inside the inner boundary of the debris disk.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
Big Food stocks are now trading at their widest discount to the market in at least two decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
That was the widest valuation gap between the two since Apple lost its crown as the nation’s largest company on May 2, 2025, according to Dow Jones Market Data.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
In her 70s, Bird may now find her widest audience yet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
The people of Chutreaux wished to build the longest, widest, highest, and most beautiful cathedral in all of France.
From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay
