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By the end of August, however, those three players found themselves on the field with the Galaxy, where they joined Kyogo Furuhashi, who had been cast off by England’s Birmingham City.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The cast was officially unveiled on “Good Morning America” last week, less than two weeks before the competition returns with a two-night premiere on Sept. 15 and 16.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
I was cast as an understudy on the soap opera “One Life to Live.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Former Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, the voluble one, declared himself to be on “Team Ballmer” at the time and cast doubt on Mr. Torre’s reporting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
The rest of the cast was planning on going out for dinner to celebrate and had rushed out quickly after the curtain came down.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
It is unclear if SpaceX currently casts its own blades for the Raptor turbopumps, according to the report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
The long life that “Rocky Horror” has enjoyed as a midnight movie, with shadow casts of costumed fans lip-syncing along, was a surprise to everyone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The most irritating thing about “Mutiny” is that it has decent ideas that it floats and then casts adrift.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The Moon casts a shadow on the Earth as it passes between the two, completely or partially blocking out the Sun.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
This same hill now casts a long shadow over the city of Kasungu, just near my village.
From "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" by William Kamkwamba
Last month entertainment writer Daniel Richtman said, external on social media: "I hear they're in the final round of casting for James Bond and might have already found their guy."
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
As Gioia put it, of the casting stage of forming the letters: “That has been Shakespeare. That has been Zora Neale Hurston. It’s a beautiful cyclical process.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
There will be a casting shuffle between seasons for the character of Ginny Weasley, member of the ginger clan and Harry’s future love interest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
“The Odyssey” and all its accompanying discourse remain omnipresent, but we have been talking about it since Christopher Nolan’s casting of Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy was revealed months ago.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
The night-balloons puttered into the room next, their tiny candles casting small halos over everything like pairs of eyes.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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