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DC Studio’s body horror “Clayface” topped the box office, with a haul of $24 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
About half of the student body at Da Vinci Communications, the public charter school where Jackson still teaches, is economically disadvantaged, according to U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
World governing body Fifa told BBC Sport it is investigating and gathering reports.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
The Canadian case "could really contribute to that developing body of law," she said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
It clung feebly to the girl’s body, as if a stiff wind could blow her into the Afterlife.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
IG Metall's Benner stressed that the investment in Georgia has not yet been signed off by all the relevant bodies within the Volkswagen Group.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
Instead, they generate spores within tiny sac-like structures found inside or on the surfaces of their fruiting bodies.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
When asked what percentage recovery rate would be considered a success, the bodies said they would measure success via various metrics including shoreline surveys.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Benner stressed that the investment in Georgia has not yet been signed off by all the relevant bodies within the Volkswagen group.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026
“Yes, you did. The boy’s palm pattern is an Adinkra symbol, the language that is written on the bodies of the gods and within the empty spaces of the universe,” the woman says.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Their ancient relatives were likely similar in being soft bodied marine organisms.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 27, 2026
He bodied Walker at one stage, put him on the ground.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2024
"Since there are no paper filters involved, French press brews a cup which retains all of the coffee's natural oils, resulting in a very full bodied and rich cup."
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2023
As the third period ticked down, Kraken goaltender Grubauer bodied down a point-blank chance from Andrew Mangiapane to help Seattle kill off another penalty.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2022
Friday afternoon, and from right here I could see three miles of land that hadn't even been broken, and every able bodied man in the county in town at that show.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
“I thought they really started bodying us on drives, bumping us on drives,” Willard said.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2023
Morgan controlled an overhead ball by bodying defender Clare Polkinghorne.
From Reuters ● Apr. 5, 2019
Beverley was physical and verbal during the game, bodying up Ball constantly and shoving him once.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2017
Notice the toughnesss--not just Iguodala and Green, but Barnes, Livingston, even Curry bodying up on Lebron?
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2016
Poetry, the gift of penetrating into the inner soul or secret of a thing, and bodying it forth rhythmically so as to captivate the imagination and the heart.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
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