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Peru's Buse, who is ranked 36th in the world, will be aiming to win his second title of the season after beating Tommy Paul at the ATP 500 event in Hamburg in May.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Iran will be represented by its president, Masoud Pezeshkian.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
The review will seek to identify “systemic gaps, strengthen policies and training, and enhance public and officer safety,” as well as study what mental health support officers receive after such critical incidents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
"If that confidence is lost, people will simply ignore it."
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
“I believe in miracles and God will see that I am cured.”
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
We already have wills and powers of attorney naming our daughter for both financial and healthcare matters.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
You have wills, powers of attorney, healthcare directives, long-term care insurance, organized records for your executor, and mutually agreed-upon beneficiary designations.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Other important information to assemble: deeds, wills, insurance policies, passwords.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Others think they have everything in place—estate plans, wills, and powers of attorney—so they’re all set.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
"Soon, I think," said Davos, "if his god wills it."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
“I noticed that William would always chime in, make sure that I didn’t get to speak with her by myself or by herself,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Although Iceland is already part of the EU's single market and Schengen border-free zone as part of the European Economic Area, EU membership would bring it into the customs union and eventually the euro.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
“To see the location where Mireles was found, a person would need to leave the walkway, enter the brush several feet and look down into the vegetation,” the statement read.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Equally, a No vote would not rule out the chance of Iceland resuming talks in the future.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
“And even after I did get in, I would have nightmares where it was all a big mistake, and I didn’t really make it in.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
He had willed it into existence in his characteristic way, fast and without faultfinding inspectors to impede his vision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Z, international man of mystery, exists because Oliver willed him into being during a March shoutout on “Last Week Tonight.”
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
On a night when his teammates struggled offensively, Brunson willed the Knicks to the series clinching victory, another gritty come-from-behind victory for a team that has made them a trademark.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
For St. Augustine, desire was the bondage of the divided self, which willed the good but somehow willed more strongly not to do it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
We both knew it must be James Halliday’s classic videogame collection—the collection he’d willed to Morrow after his death.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
The increase has been driven by sharply higher expenses, including higher insurance costs, and a decline in the number of shippers willing to make the sometimes dangerous voyages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Having previously established contacts within the universe of Insta meme-makers, I messaged a few sloppypasta enthusiasts to see whether they might be willing to speak to their use of these captions.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026
Even if we were willing to accept that Hig might deliberately crash his plane, we can’t buy for a second that he’d hurt his sweet pup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
I chose Contractor B. I was willing to pay an extra $6,000 because I believed I was paying for quality workmanship, excellent customer service and a dramatically faster turnaround.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Leah hired nurses, supervised her household servants, and continued to schedule séances for New Yorkers willing to pay for the privilege of seeing an original Fox sister.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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