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In 1922, Georgia’s governor credited Felton with having “all the qualities of heart and head that equip one for broad and constructive statesmanship.”
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
This giant salamander lived in the broad freshwater lakes and marshes that covered parts of Kyushu several million years ago.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Her ambition is now to help create a broad ballistic missile defence coalition -- "something that does not yet exist in the world" -- in which Fire Point hopes to play a central role.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Exact net worths are impossible to pin down, given that candidates are required to list their assets in broad ranges, not exact dollar amounts.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Please remove this woman,” said another senator, a man with broad, bullish shoulders and a speckle of sweat on his pale skin.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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“Us old broads are trying to learn the new technology because, I mean, we’re kind of trapped,” said Linda Harner, whom I met at the Culver City Senior Center, where she takes a Spanish class.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2022
Hemsby lifeboat service used its flat-bottomed vessel, used to navigate shallow waters of the Norfolk broads, to carry out a rescue of six people.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2022
This is a workout for ladies, by which she means older broads who might appreciate the occasional low-impact leg lifts.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 9, 2019
“I think they just bonded over overcoming their experiences, and being great broads, and being tremendous mothers,” she explained.
From Fox News ● Nov. 30, 2018
In England the sport of coot-shooting is pursued to some extent on the broads and back-waters of the eastern counties—in Southampton Water and Christchurch Bay—and is often conducted battue-fashion by a number of guns.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
The approach, once just the realm of professional matchmakers, is an offshoot of a broader cultural obsession with tracking just about everything, says Skyler Wang, an assistant sociology professor at McGill University.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
The company thinks it could pull in new fans too, making books "more accessible and appetizing to a broader range of listeners."
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
District Judge Denise Casper’s preliminary injunction while the broader legal challenge moves forward.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
There’s also been pressure building within the broader bond market as Big Tech “hyperscalers” increasingly issue a deluge of debt to help fund the artificial-intelligence buildout.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 26, 2026
The banks of the stream sank, as it reached the levels and became broader and shallower, wandering off towards the Marish and the River.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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The company has the broadest pipeline in its history with about 60 drugs under development in hopes that the more shots on goal, the better.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
David Hockney, who has died aged 88, was Britain's favourite artist - and a man of trenchant views, expressed in the broadest of Yorkshire vowels.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
The broadest category of high-tech employment, including software development and computer design, totaled 2.37 million jobs in May.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 2026
Well, okay: In the absolute broadest possible sense, the photos are about her kids growing up.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
The picture is clear only in its broadest strokes.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
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