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Once they do, they can’t cast a Blakeman ballot from Miami.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
The comedian has also been cast as Hogwarts caretaker Argus Filch in HBO's upcoming Harry Potter television series.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Elected to the San Diego City Council in 2008, he cast himself as a fiscal watchdog, challenging labor unions and businesses’ influence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
The cast is chock full of former Oscar nominees and one-time A-listers.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
To which the new CEO replied, “I don’t want to cast blame.”
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
"It casts doubt over a system we're proud of and children that we're proud of," says Sarah Hopkins, who's been a headteacher here for eight years.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Further performances and casts are slated before the run concludes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Norman, Paul and John had poles, but the swirling lines of their casts were shown only in the video, and the fish they caught were left to the imagination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Since Diplodocus was first discovered in the United States in 1878, casts of its skeleton have appeared in major natural history museums around the world, particularly during the early 20th century.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
I wanted to sleep and wake to see that my casts were gone.
From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz
At the same time, no voter wants to see “an ineligible person casting a vote,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
Ortiz’s commitment to specificity extended to the family casting, intentionally matching the actors to the real-life relatives they are based on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
In the past, she has portrayed those casting doubts that such a resolution could be achieved as irksome malcontents.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
"We're casting a wide net," said Champ Kelly, TMRW's senior vice president of flag football operations.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
In May 1664, Hooke was a candidate for the post of professor of geometry at Gresham College, but lost out on the casting vote of the Lord Mayor.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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