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Monday alone accounted for two hours and 22 minutes, with the subject raised in every hour of programming from 5 a.m. until midnight.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
Musk has often promoted Community Notes, calling it "awesome" and asserting that all users, including himself, were subject to being corrected by the crowd-sourced model.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
“When she was talking about some subject other than diagnostic testing, she was very unprepossessing, very disingenuous,” said Fortune magazine reporter Roger Parloff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Other potential offenses will require investigation just to be discovered and determined to be subject to criminal or civil liability.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2026
It becomes the subject of gossip and soon attracts the attention of the media, after which it escalates into a crisis of vast and humiliating proportions.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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Annuities and insurance aren’t the most scintillating subjects, but ignoring them could prove costly, writes MarketWatch columnist Beth Pinsker.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
Back at home, he realised that buried within the bundle were "two papers on two classified subjects, and they were both top secret".
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
My dad authored five books on esoteric subjects such as the theory of elasticity, but he was a clear and graceful writer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
The two executives who were subjects of the FBI investigation, Duke Hartman and Joshua Knight, were never charged.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
They offer advice on subjects ranging from relationships and finance to travel and shoes.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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Asked why he chose to be subjected to such harsh criticism for four years, Hillman said, “My father was on me from the time of T-ball. He said constructive criticism was good.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
When Brighton lost at home to Crystal Palace in February, Fabian Hurzeler was booed by his own supporters and subjected to chants of "you're getting sacked in the morning".
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Having been subjected to multiple FCC probes of ABC’s programming, the corporation has pushed back in court against Carr, in what has already amounted to a drawn-out and expensive legal tussle.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
The Boeing 737 MAX is undergoing inspections to see if the extreme speeds and forces it was subjected to during the attack were severe enough to prevent the aircraft flying again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Kenna did badly when he was subjected to market research.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Mr. Sebag Montefiore doesn’t play favorites, subjecting all his characters to scrutiny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
It was an eye-catching conjecture: one of the most revered of the Founding Fathers subjecting people held against their will to possibly painful shocks.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
Under the new regime, visa holders who need more time will have to file formal applications with the federal government, subjecting themselves to additional background checks, biometric vetting, and other bureaucratic hurdles.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
It would also make it an offence to remove a person from Northern Ireland for the purposes of subjecting them to conversion practices.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
She must hate me for subjecting her to something so demeaning.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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