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"I just wanted to be able to walk to the finish line."
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
New Zealanders have been able to cast their votes since October 26.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
He said he was proud he was able to inject discussion of public safety issues and real strategies for solving homelessness into the race.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
They are manufactured to be appealing, convenient, and able to remain fresh for extended periods.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
I was hoping last night would be a success and that I’d be able to nail down the location of the Flash and who the boy is.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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
He is widely considered abler, more vigorous and more cultivated than his elder brother.
From Time Magazine Archive
“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
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
Some of the ablest of New York’s black hustlers took a liking to me, and knowing that I still was green by their terms, soon began in a paternal way to “straighten Red out.”
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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