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That said, shares of several restaurant chains closed lower on Monday once it became clear to investors that the investigation remained ongoing.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
As the fireworks clear from Spain’s 1-0 victory over Argentina Sunday, let’s take a moment to bask in the afterglow and pungent ranch dressing burps of the just-completed 2026 North American World Cup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
It’s not clear when the street will reopen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
But it soon became clear that repealing the previous legislation was one thing; how to replace it quite another.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
But as the rest of the world grew stranger, one thing became increasingly clear.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Fuel typically arrives by barge in the summer, when ice clears from waterways.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
“But when the market clears through weaker demand, the price response works in the opposite direction.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
The memorandum of understanding clears the way for the nuclear negotiators to reconvene and for ships to transit the strait.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
When the smoke clears, what is left standing will be worth owning.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026
The guy looks at Hannah and clears his throat.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The sky above the open-air stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., was noticeably clearer Friday and could improve even more with the heavy rains forecast for Saturday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Digital Nasional’s losses are expected to widen in 2026 before narrowing from 2027 as shareholders establish clearer strategies and execution plans, she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
How much this boosts imports will become clearer in the coming months, says Singh, though he sees momentum building ahead of the new terms of trade taking effect.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
June activity data will offer a clearer picture of current momentum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
She got closer, and the bundle of books under one arm and her flour sack under the other became clearer.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
That was the clearest indication that Burnham sees himself as something much more significant than merely latest in a long list of post-Brexit prime ministers.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Yet what they decide to do in the next month might be the most clearest sign of their ambition and hope for the future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Fed governor Christopher Waller said a rate increase should be on the table if this week’s inflation data show price pressures remaining firm, his clearest signal yet that he could back a boost this summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The clearest costs are borne by Americans who use adjudicatory commissions to enforce rights they cannot apply anywhere else.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
He closed the door very carefully behind them and found the garden brilliantly lit by the clearest full moon there’d been for months.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
Rubble needs to be cleared, bodies recovered and new homes built for thousands of people sleeping in baseball stadiums and on the street.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
The smoke cleared over Yankee Stadium on Friday afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Chipotle, as always happens whenever there’s a Cyclospora or E. coli outbreak, almost seemed as if it had been cleared out.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
These cleared spaces can provide appealing grazing areas for smaller animals.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
“It seems that Mrs. Blythe is accusing you of . . .” Mrs. Kuen blinkered her eyelids and cleared a catch in her throat.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
These include hunting, widespread land clearing, bushfires, and disease.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
In interviews with the Insolvency Service, Wagh admitted using the funds to pay off personal credit card debts and loans, saying she thought that by clearing her personal debts, she would be helping her businesses.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
For BridgeBio, the news is a potential clearing event for its Attruby drug, an oral stabilizer that addresses the same rare heart disease known as transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The bill, which is sponsored by the district attorney’s office and advocacy group Social Compassion in Legislation, passed the Senate’s public safety committee after clearing the Assembly earlier this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The cub was waiting for him in the clearing.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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Common Core Grade 5, List 2
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