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bout

[baut] / baʊt /




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The episode began when Talarico spent nine days off the campaign trail recovering from a bout of the flu.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026

Fury and Joshua are set to meet in an long-awaiting all-British bout at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on 11 December.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The action in European bond markets caught some money managers off guard, leading to a self-fueling bout of losses and selling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

There are basically two schools of thought about what this latest bout of bad breadth might mean for the stock market in the fourth quarter.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

So don’t thet tell you something bout prayin’?

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Like most highly anticipated bouts, the buildup is more exciting than the final conflict.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

"Right now the economy is already very difficult, and the haze just makes it worse," he told AFP, adding that this year's situation was worse than even previous major bouts of haze in 2015.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

These weather patterns have therefore meant only occasional bouts of stronger winds across the north-west of the UK, with little disruption.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Blanca Ortiz has cycled through bouts of sadness, anxiety and anger ever since her husband was detained by federal immigration agents five months ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

When sixteen-year-old me, who'd suffered from chronic bouts of unrequited love, looked at them, all I could wonder was, Will I ever be this happy?

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi


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