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Arron Lindop's try gave Warrington brief hope early in the second half, but when Tom Johnstone went over at the other end, the game was up despite Lindop's second try late on.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Doing a brief mindfulness exercise before each study session can help students focus, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Parmelin joined the Federal Council in 2016 as defence minister and has held the economy brief since 2019.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Portfolio rebalancing at the start of the new quarter may have steered some capital back into beaten-down Treasurys, helping fixed income catch a brief bid.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

The children were now quite sticky from all their experimenting and needed a good hand and face washing, so they had all taken a brief detour to the nearest washroom.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Once the Court had those documents and the amicus briefs, the whole packet was distributed to the justices at 10 separate conferences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The states also responded to briefs from the Block the Merger coalition, a group of press freedom and film organizations that has called the settlement weak and unenforceable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

The briefs - many still heavily redacted - were created during both the Clinton and Bush administrations.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Federal judges have found that the government filed statements generated by artificial intelligence that referenced nonexistent case law, wrote briefs that ignored facts and filed declarations with inaccurate dates, the ProPublica review shows.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

I could now spend the day reading, writing letters, discussing issues with my comrades, or formulating legal briefs.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Ex-CIA vice presidential briefer Julia Curlee is lately lauded everywhere for courage in coming out as trans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Those uprisings, later coined the Arab Spring, succeeded in bringing about a short democratic sojourn in Tunisia and a much briefer one in Egypt, but they also unleashed unrest.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

Speaking to Today, McEwan contrasted the contemplative letters of the past - from the likes of Napolean and Darwin - with today's briefer emails, which may miss deeper personal insights.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025

He harbored similar hopes for last November’s much briefer cease-fire, to no avail.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2024

Today, our jet planes have made even the longest intercontinental flights briefer than the duration of any human infectious disease.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

After repeatedly warning of the rivers’ endangerment, however, Mr. Winder concludes with only the briefest summary of the projects currently aimed at guarding against the dire outcomes he foresees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Under former general manager Perry Minasian, college players would be stoked to be drafted by the Angels, who did not hesitate to promote top prospects to the major leagues after the briefest of minor-league stints.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

Journalists crowd together in the hope of hearing from him, microphones are thrust into the air and camera operators stretch above the crowd for the briefest glimpse of the game's biggest star.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

Now, I have the strange romantic notion that, for the briefest of moments, Americans joined hands and celebrated 200 years of an unrealized but longed for dream: Liberty and justice for all.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

Joe entered automatically into the low-key rhythm, grunting occasionally, making the briefest of small talk, and taking care not to exert himself.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

His first aviation employer, state-owned Oman Air, banned him from flying after authorities became aware of his interest in browsing extremist websites, people briefed on his background said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

One of the older Air Force Ones then appeared to have been called into action when Israel briefed the US about a possible missile threat when Trump was leaving the Ankara summit.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

Dozens of officers involved were briefed at a nearby police station before joining a convoy to Daniel's home.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Anthropic’s annual revenue reached $65 billion in July, according to investors briefed by the company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

When I mentioned various aircraft he’d flown, the aircraft Dad had briefed me about, he grinned again and said, “Heck, I do believe we got an aviation expert on our hands.”

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

“The whole system was, in a sense, just boiling — primed and ready to release all of that stored up energy come January 7th,” he said at a Thursday press briefing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

"All necessary options are on the table" in deciding what measures to take once final results are available, he told the briefing.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

“We’re reviewing these findings and have reached out to the U.N. to offer a briefing with the team conducting that review,” an OpenAI spokeswoman said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Mayor Kirk Watson, a Democrat, said that Austinites have a right to know what happened and "a right to feel safe in their city" during a media briefing on Sunday.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

But there would be little time for retrospection over the next few weeks, for the briefing schedule for the three delegates was punishing.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik