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That could put at risk Wilson’s fortune, estimated at roughly $6 billion, and throws into question just how much pressure he will be able to apply on Lululemon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Norris was able to recover only to third around the new Madring track in Madrid where overtaking is next to impossible.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
By comparing the modern climate with several centuries of past conditions, they were also able to judge how unusual the current weakening of Indian and Pacific Ocean coupling really is.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
“I don’t think Spencer Pratt was the candidate L.A. needed in this moment, but I understand why he was able to cultivate support,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
“And if I were really a ghost, could I actually feel how slimy this water is? And would I be able to throw this rock? Or leave tracks in this mud?”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Rothbard blamed Smith’s celebrity for blotting out the better work of abler minds, but Turgot had kept his genius mainly to himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Jimmy Carter was one of the abler residents, in his mid-seventies—too able for tracing letters.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 1, 2018
This leaves the real study of real economics, in the real world, wide open for abler minds.
From Forbes ● Apr. 17, 2015
For every Metzenbaum and Ottinger, there may be half a dozen abler candidates who cannot raise enough money to campaign.
From Time Magazine Archive
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“Getting Lemoncello to cancel these so-called Olympic Games? Couldn’t have done it in an abler manner myself.”
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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Cox proved to be Young’s ablest intelligence gatherer, even if the occasional bribes she endorsed put her agents at needless risk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, the Biden administration’s chief Supreme Court lawyer, is widely considered one of the ablest high-court advocates.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's World at One programme, he described Ms Sturgeon as being "one of the ablest communicators in politics".
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2023
In September 1948, a State Department report portrayed Ho as "the strongest and perhaps the ablest figure in Indochina," and said that "any suggested solution which excludes him is an expedient of uncertain outcome."
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2022
Antmoos held off; so did Eurymakhos, suitors in chief, by far the ablest there.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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