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Wei added that this was supported by a differentiation in technology products and a broader customer base.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
They tacked on another in the ninth with a pair of singles and a stolen base off Wrobleski.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
While Taiwan has a strong industrial base and excels at shipbuilding, it lacks the technology to remotely control a large number of uncrewed systems across land, sea and air, Chen said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
His first was in late July, days after Burnham entered No 10, when the pair met troops and led a news conference at a naval base in Portsmouth.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
I grab it near its base and pull it from the pot; clumps of still-wet soil fall to the floor.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
But it can also enhance our baser instincts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
But it also quite consciously plays to the baser side of us that takes cold comfort, even joy, at the miseries of the hyperwealthy.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026
“Atavists” focuses on social acuity and awareness, but also how our baser natures exert themselves today: Trudy obsesses over an old friend’s posts on social media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025
Bizarre as all of this is, Ackman’s self-promotion has obscured a perhaps far baser motivation for attacking Harvard.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2023
And it seemed to Tyrion that the gold and silver and platinum links far outnumbered those of baser metals.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Without inhibition, Ferrier believed that we’d all be slaves to our basest impulses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Many would agree that the turmoil and fear of the recent pandemic and lockdown revealed some of our basest human instincts and tendencies, in ways that we are still grappling with.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2024
And like the former president, Brand has channeled lessons from his early rise, betting on his basest self — and on the accommodations and calculations that those around him have always made.
From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
They prefer stuff like "Warrior Poet Society," because it flatters their basest instincts.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2022
It WAS basest betrayal to think of anything but Theresa, but they had no choice.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
With the bases loaded, it was up to Smith, who had gone 1-for-25 in the postseason to that point.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
After World War II, the U.S. increasingly relied on military alliances, overseas bases, trade and international institutions to project power.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026
Severing military bases from the civilian power grid would free up an enormous amount of capacity that utilities like Georgia Power are currently providing to the military.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
That 1960 pact is often accused of rendering US military bases virtually extraterritorial and immune to Japan's domestic laws.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
In one highly coordinated operation, the United States would launch weapons from bombers, submarines, and missile bases in America and Western Europe.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Joanna Sugden is a foreign news editor for The Wall Street Journal based in London.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
He said gross margin is forecast to come in at between 65% and 67%, based on current exchange rates.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
Four years later, in 2025, around 100 survivors, supported by NGOs, filed a lawsuit against Shell in the United Kingdom, where the company is based.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Zacharia told Buck Sexton on “The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show” in February 2025 that she had worked as outside counsel to the International Finance Corporation and the World Bank while based in China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Shackleton sweet-talked wealthy patrons, took public donations, and raised money as an advance based on future sales of film and photo rights.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
Because Greece is an EU member, basing there would give Binance access to the entire trading bloc.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The country is also a source of funds for investment in sectors like artificial intelligence and gives the U.S. military important basing rights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The point of these various studies is not that we should start basing our investment decisions on weather reports or the phases of the moon.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
La Guaira's Governor Jose Alejandro Teran, however, last week said 1,338 people were missing, basing the count on a residential registry.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
The mockingjay that Bonnie and Twill are basing all their hopes on.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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