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Snell is scheduled to begin a minor-league rehab assignment next weekend, Roberts said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Again the U.S. hit a brick wall called Europe and a team of players for whom the World Cup assignment is an indoctrinated dream from Day One.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
After leading the offense at Baylor, Carr knows his assignment supporting Doncic with the Lakers will be simpler: cut, run and dunk, he said at his introductory news conference.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
But the more unavailable your manager is, the less likely they will be looking for you — or springing a last-minute assignment on you.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
“No exceptions. If you don’t want to do this assignment, my esteemed colleague, Mrs. Garrett, just told me she has some openings in her English class. They meet this period, too. You can transfer over.”
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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There's only one drawback: "long separations from the family during assignments," he says from Kosovo, where he is helping install a wind farm.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
He is said to hate imposing any assignments on his clerks that would require them to work on the weekends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
It will restrict daily screen time to one hour — including homework assignments — in second through fifth grade beginning in November.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
For certain assignments, she tells students they have to stick with the class material or their grade will suffer.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
To further protest, the boy stopped turning in math assignments altogether.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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