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On 6 August 2025, Hobie Harrison's parents called Norfolk Police to request a welfare check after he failed to respond to them.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
For a two-night work trip to Miami in October, I double dipped on two Chase hotel benefits and will get more perks when I check in to the Kimpton hotel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
It seemed as if some aide suffering from conspiracy-brain didn’t bother to check the details, or maybe they asked ChatGPT for help.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
Wall Street just got a health check on the U.S. economy — and almost all the news was positive.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
But then he realized that tomorrow morning he wouldn’t have to check and see if the twins had booby-trapped the whole place.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
“On balance, Q3 checks leave us confident in our buy rating.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The new system of voter checks is based on the 40-year-old Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, that was created by Congress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
The paper explains that when a customer goes to pay, the system, which is powered by online bank Revolut, checks their biometrics against those provided when they first signed up.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Fending off Netflix is a tricky task for Mohan because YouTube’s business model is to share advertising revenue with creators, not write big upfront checks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
G’ma checks her watch, then pulls the treasure box from his bag and sets it on the dining booth table.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
Eli is making a party mix that contains pretzels and chex.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
How many cups of pretzels and how many cups of chex does he need to make 12 cups of party mix?
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
For each cup of pretzels, he uses three cups of chex.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
As the new flight approached the airport in Tel Aviv, it checked in with the tower.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Wall Street has increasingly focused on companies with a clear story for how they will monetize AI, and Microsoft has checked that box recently, Lee noted.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
"We have initially checked the places that the students had mentioned, but we will get to the bottom of this."
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The onetime Calvin Klein model had checked into the facility just hours before, around 10 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Christina has checked her wristwatch and now taps it, showing me the time.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
About $7.12 trillion sits in consumer and business bank checking accounts, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
“If keeping track of rewards points through a chart or spreadsheet and regularly checking your credit-card portal just isn’t your thing, then a cash-back card could be for you,” he wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
“Banks may call it an agentic bank run. Customers might call it checking the interest rate,” said one user on X, in response to Slok’s observation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Forecasters say beachgoers should be cautious, checking with lifeguards on whether it’s safe to swim and staying off rock jetties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
They were checking shop numbers as they walked.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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