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[sent] / sɛnt /


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The 28-year-old is set to become Atletico's fourth signing of the summer, while Spurs will also retain a 15 per cent sell-on clause as part of the deal.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Taking place on Wednesday 12 August, it will be the biggest coverage since the total eclipse in 1999, with the moon expected to cover 90 to 96 per cent of the sun.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

M wants his daughter to go to university, and saved every cent so they could move to Iran so she could study there.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

But Allstate-owned National General refused to pay a cent.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

So that everyone went to the tent and by paying one cent they saw a youthful Melquíades, recovered, unwrinkled, with a new and flashing set of teeth.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Oil futures rose 7 cents, or 0.08%, to $83.27 a barrel in New York as rhetoric from the U.S. and Iran suggested the impasse over the Strait of Hormuz was set to continue.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Super Micro reported adjusted earnings of $1.70 per share, compared with the 92 cents per share analysts were expecting.

From Barron's Aug. 12, 2026

Paramount offered to pay Warner investors $31 a share as well as so-called “ticking fees” of 25 cents per share for every quarter after Sept. 30 until the transaction closes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

The board declared a dividend of 68 European cents, up from 54 cents.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

She unwrinkles eight one-dollar bills, then counts out 97 cents, mostly in pennies.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle




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