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America doesn’t need to choose between responsible innovation and the protection all market participants need from fraudulent and abusive practices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
By simply continuing to exist and endure this life you didn’t choose, you are no better than Digger Rockwell.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
I choose the “Love Potion,” noted on the chalkboard sign as an early Valentine’s Day special.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Craig Wilkinson tells the group to "choose what kind of man you want to be"
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
“If I can’t choose, and you can’t force me, what’s the point of this?”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Messi trusts the people who run them, some of them with him since his early days at Barcelona, and a thorough filter means he only gets offered and chooses what he is comfortable with.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
An AI bot that goes on its merry way and informs the user what it’s been up to only when it chooses to?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
The holidays are coming up and my family always chooses to spend it at a different destination.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
When asked whether he feels the club has been punished enough, and if a suspension for him would be excessive, Eckert chooses his words carefully.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
We’re allowed to change every year, but pretty much everyone chooses the same club, so when Meg Rivers comes up to me and says, “Oh, so you’re choosing the ensemble again?”
From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
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He chose to conduct his own defense during the trial but called no witnesses and gave no testimony, and made no attempt to deny the charges.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Both parents were musical - his father played drums and his mother played piano - but Fenton chose the electric guitar as his instrument at the age of seven.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
“Though I would have liked to have known about it before we chose the name.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
The Arkansas Department of Education does not regulate private schools once they’re open, and no one from the state inspected the Arkansas Times newsroom, the location we chose for our school.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
Being an Estrie wasn’t the sort of thing a girl wanted to be or chose to be when there was another way.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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The winner was chosen based on how quickly and soundly they slept.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
It feels significant that the former Google boss has chosen someone with that experience to run his news teams, raising questions around how AI could open up the next frontier of a modern newsroom.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
“The earnings threshold chosen here is a little bit softer,” than what was used in earlier accountability regulations.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
He presented as an eccentric neighbor who’d chosen a peaceful, off-grid lifestyle.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
There was no reason we could see why this particular place at this particular time had been chosen.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Another way in which the conductor and orchestra are capitalizing on a situation not of their choosing is by traveling well beyond the D.C. suburbs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Here is how that worked out, along with points to consider when choosing an ARM or a fixed-rate loan in the current market.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
The county and union each would select one member, with the sides together choosing the third person, who would serve as chair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Sources told AFP some countries are increasingly supportive of a document that would offer options, with more ambitious countries choosing to limit production or certain products, while others do not.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
“You’re choosing a guy over your friends,” Audrey said.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
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