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But he ultimately answers to the country’s autocratic supreme leader, who can afford to brush off at least some amount of public unhappiness.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
Instead, they would have to come up with a portion of that amount by Sept. 30.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Nine holes feels like the proper amount of golf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
This technique, called "doping," involves introducing a small amount of another material to produce specific properties.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
I just stand there, shivering with the amount of effort it’s taking for me to not scream or cry or both.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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Promises about jobs and energy investments are a response to growing hostility toward data centers, which need heavy amounts of electricity and water to operate.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Most shares owned by insiders are subject to a complicated, staggered lockup schedule that allows certain amounts of stock to be released at a time.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
It's not clear how this saves significant amounts of money on welfare given it will cost councils money to run the programmes.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
"One of the worm's bacterial symbionts stores enormous amounts of carbon as PHA," says corresponding author Nicole Dubilier, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
It has the nutritional value of a brown paper bag, with the added bonus of trace amounts of cyanide.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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Mohamed Al-Hamdani, a Democratic member of Montgomery County’s Board of Elections, which received similar inquiries, said they amounted to “witch hunts” that ate up staff time.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Inflows amounted to 89 billion kroner after deduction of expenses, it added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Revenue amounted to $575 million, above the $570 million that analysts tracked by FactSet had been projecting.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
The D.A.’s decision to release such information before the arraignment and then issue a press release amounted to a “publicity stunt,” Jackson said in the filing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Mother’s message amounted to an ultimatum: I could see her and my father, or I would never see her again.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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Thirteen large fires are burning across the northwestern state, according to state data, with the number of acres burned so far this year amounting to the highest since 2021.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The chair Baroness Heather Hallett criticised the "vast" waste in pandemic procurement, amounting to two-thirds of the £14.9bn total the UK and devolved governments spent on PPE.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
As of July 8, ConserveOhio has collected more than 105,000 signatures, amounting to 25% of the 420,142 required.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
"It is essential to minimise the financial burden, amounting to hundreds of trillions of won, as well as the time-related risks faced by companies," said Kim.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
With what he calls “that quick detective intuition amounting almost to inspiration,” he knows that Booth’s escape options are limited.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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