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Rockstar has hinted that the Bonnie and Clyde-type protagonists Jason and Lucia do not have to become a full-on romantic couple.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
"Benefits will become the backstop, not the starting point," Burnham wrote in his piece published in Monday's paper.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
There is no single reason why Birmingham has become the centre of this issue.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
A lawyer representing Alfozan, asked for “everyone to withhold judgment until full facts become known.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
Nine—full name: Nine Thousand Two Hundred and Ninety-One—was a member of the Pink family, who’d been running Deadwood Dump since before Clare had become an Usher.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Scientists classify it as a xeno-autoantigen, a foreign substance that becomes incorporated into the body's own tissues and can provoke an immune reaction.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
“It becomes a race between the two over which one affects stock prices more.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2026
But because not everyone in the group plays each other, it may yet be that points difference becomes crucial.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
“If you’re here for a month or two it becomes your place.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Now comes the part in all her stories where her voice becomes lighter, like she’s casually giving directions to the corner panadería.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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He was a minor golden-age movie star—Mr. Harris has a hilarious bit mocking his specialty: getting killed—who became an ambassador.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
But on Monday, she became the new British number one after an extraordinary week at the Wuhan Open, where she reached the biggest final of her career in just her third tournament back.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Northampton became the only English side to win in the opening round of the Champions Cup by battling past Cardiff.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
As they grew older, however, their food sources became more varied.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
The Philippines, as a colonized territory of Spain, became embroiled in the war.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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That they “understand their own mental health and know that becoming an adult doesn’t mean having to face everything alone.”
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
At oral argument, no one was more prepared to discuss the Sentencing Commission’s procedure than Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who served as vice chair of the commission before becoming a judge.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2026
In 2013, the then-chief executive of Time Warner, Jeff Bewkes, notoriously welcomed the drama series Game of Thrones becoming the most pirated show in the world.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
He anticipated his résumé becoming stuck in the technological ether once again, saying: “You feel your heart sink.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
We could hear that Marlene was becoming frantic again, and Karli was out there, shouting at him to clear off.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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