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choose

[chooz] / tʃuz /


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“This is real nature and I choose to be extremely thankful that Jackie did not disappear to die a suffering death and joyful that Shadow is not alone.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

The biggest question mark is over whether the Bank of Korea will choose to raise interest rates again, as strong economic growth combines with higher prices.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Sources have told BBC Sport this is likely to be the option which Kyrgios will choose to pursue.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

Make sure you know how much the fees are if you choose this option.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

“Plus, it’s secondhand. Buying used helps keep clothes out of the landfill. I could take you to the store and you could choose some things for yourself. If you wanted.”

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Where your son chooses to go to college matters.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

Nobody really chooses to understand the reasoning why.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Each month, he chooses a novel and offers it up for discussion.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Whether he chooses to fulfill his destiny alongside his twin remains to be seen.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

If he chooses to lie hidden, he may baffle us for years; and in the meantime!—the thought is too horrible, I dare not think of it even now.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Although Kushner chose not to officially rejoin his father-in-law’s second administration, he is serving, along with Trump’s real estate buddy Steve Witkoff, as its special diplomatic envoy.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

But like so many high-born Anglo-Saxons before him, Eatherly chose to no-show to court.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

The Union won, Mr. Cavanaugh writes, “because Grant listened, learned, and adjusted his approach. Because he chose constant, multifront pressure. Because he was persistent after setbacks. And because Grant wore Lee’s Confederates down.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Nadezhdin said diplomats from several countries had offered help, but he chose to come to France.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

After twenty minutes of demonstrations and discussion with the salesclerk, James chose a Corona 3 in a hard case.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

The kids who lose these contests aren’t chosen at random.

From Slate Aug. 21, 2026

Exchange for Change, which had already been chosen to run the new recycling programmes in the rest of the UK, will run Wales' DRS from its launch in October 2027.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

In addition to the missile-tracking contract, SpaceX was also chosen to provide military data satellites and rocket launches for the Golden Dome program.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

While other Big Tech companies have spent hundreds of billions of dollars on AI investments, Apple has chosen to wait and see instead of rushing to adopt new technology.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

Elisha had been promised early on to a wealthy young woman chosen by his family.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

But Morris Pearl, a former managing director at investment firm BlackRock, said the idea that people were choosing not to invest in the city because of the tax was "absurd".

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

For you, what goes into choosing a role?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

Claw machines can be set to yield a prize after a certain number of attempts, and today’s operators are choosing more reasonable settings.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

“Seeing our growth fueled by traffic is especially encouraging, as it’s evidence guests are choosing Target more often,” CEO Michael Fiddelke said on a call with reporters a day before the results.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

In the early days of space travel, one consideration in choosing astronauts was weight.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson




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