clock
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Some of this year’s biggest films, including “The Odyssey,” “Avengers: Doomsday” and the Holmes documentary, all clock in at nearly three hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Arizona resident Jay Pea, a former software engineer and the founder of the nonprofit Save Standard Time, also wants to put an end to the twice-annual clock adjustments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
"Sleep deprivation is known to not only increase appetite, but also a desire for energy-dense foods," says Prof Jonathan Johnston, a sleep and body clock expert at the University of Surrey.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Some of this year’s biggest films, including “The Odyssey,” “Avengers: Doomsday” and the Elizabeth Holmes documentary “You Can See Everything,” clock in at nearly three hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Life, like the clock, started again: mornings repairing watches in the workshop, noons most often bumping on my tireless bicycle out to Bos en Hoven Straat.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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