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Persistent deficits and heavy Treasury issuance could therefore limit how far long-term yields fall, even with a stronger congressional check on the administration, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
A big part of Underwood's job is to manage those agents, check their outputs and feed those to the team members who are dealing directly with clients and the media.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Police received a call to perform a welfare check at the apartment in the 100 block of Los Aguajes Avenue shortly after 9:30 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
More broadly, investors opened the new era in Washington with hopes Congress would revert to its traditional role as a check on presidential power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
“Maybe you just deleted something by mistake. Did you check in the Delete file?”
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Luxus purchases bags that are already authenticated, with additional checks performed by a separate consultant and the firm’s resale partner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Airbnb said "no verification system is foolproof" but identity checks across the platform were "designed to help users have greater confidence that people on Airbnb are who they say they are".
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Chief Financial Officer Ian Borden said that checks that included one of those beverages were up roughly 50% compared with the full-day average, with most sold after lunch, when the traffic rush dies down.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
Tuesday's Ryanair flight landed without incident in Murcia, and the emergency plan was deactivated after checks by Spain's Civil Guard.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
The catcher blocks the ball with his chest protector, gobbles it up, and checks Luis down at second.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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For each cup of pretzels, he uses three cups of chex.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
How many cups of pretzels and how many cups of chex does he need to make 12 cups of party mix?
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
Eli is making a party mix that contains pretzels and chex.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
These values can be checked repeatedly without changing the information.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
Jimenez left the scene, checked in at a hospital and subsequently was arrested, the footnote said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Some of them know they need glasses but haven’t gotten their eyes checked or bought their own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Their signed ballot paper is checked against the verified register by election workers.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
She checked her GPS, but it had gone completely squirrelly.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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He stayed silent until around midnight, when all the Ukrainian infantry posts were checking in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
It was only when they returned home that Savannah's mother suggested checking Arló's sweets.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
At times, she said, she was the only worker in the store, juggling the register, stocking shelves and helping customers, as well as counting inventory and checking cooler temperatures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
For people who need to open a new credit card rather than transfer a balance, Schulz recommends checking out federal credit unions.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
He might have visited them already, in fact, but I won’t have a way of checking in with him before my evening shift begins.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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