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book

[book] / bƊk /






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Instead, long stretches of the book read like disparate essays on donnish life, fads and internecine disagreements, strung together in a sequence that never coheres.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

"Not only did they learn their colours from that book… it kind of set the tone for them speaking and their joy for books."

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

I talk more about this in my 2025 book “The Power of Cash.”

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026

Audrey's legal campaign and Arthur's book together helped drive changes to French donor-conception laws, allowing people conceived after April 2025 to access identifying information about their donors when they reach adulthood.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

And in the end table’s drawer, a fabric-bound book, inches thick.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Wednesday was a day for the social-media history books.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

They seemed like something out of the history books.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

Now the child has her own bookshelf in their shared household - "and one whole shelf is for her Dolly books".

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

“Basically, no film studio wants to give her the budget to turn her books into a movie with real actors, so she’s resorting to AI studios,” wrote one person on Reddit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

When he became ill, he sold many acres of good farmland to buy more of his favorite books.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

After being taken to the hospital to be treated for exposure to tear gas, he was released and booked into the Valley jail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

When Helen Pacey and her family booked a trip on the Snowdon Mountain Railway, they were looking forward to touching the summit marker at the top of Yr Wyddfa, also known as Snowdon.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Enviva’s auditor determined the RWE sales proceeds couldn’t be booked as revenue given the corresponding purchase obligations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

It’s late summer in Los Angeles and pop stars NCT 127 are booked and busy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

And so I booked us an appointment with a downtown psychologist who came recommended by a friend, and Barack and I went to see him a handful of times.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

When I started booking the Ice House in May 2024, Ray didn’t have a home club, so I started booking him as much as possible.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Gazprom Arena acknowledged it had received complaints about West's planned appearance and stressed that it "was not and is not" responsible for his booking.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Gabriel Magalhaes: Was given a tough ride by Ellis Simms at times and picked up a booking, but, on the whole, it was a comfortable evening for the Brazilian as Arsenal kept a clean sheet.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Chiu is fond of the concierge service for booking restaurant reservations, selecting gifts and obtaining tickets to events.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

She hasn’t said anything about booking shows or putting me on other people’s songs.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas




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