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Over roughly two years, her mother sent close to $500,000 to a series of supposed suitors, Heather said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
The cordon surrounds the scene, which is close to the fishing lake, and two camping tents - one of which is white with a navy blue trim - have been pitched.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Community anger about the facilities has prompted close attention from California lawmakers, who passed legislation in Sacramento on Monday to regulate energy use by the data center industry and impose other requirements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
The staff member, who left the school after him, "had probably wanted to close the gate", he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
“No such thing as just the woods where I live. Except maybe patches in public parks, and those close at sundown.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The difficulty, he said, is that multiple developers in both the U.S. and China are pushing closer to the technological frontier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
The Netherlands has closer to 1,300 tons, or about 55% of its total reserves.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 6, 2026
And with an announcement edging closer and closer, the speculation has intensified recently.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Kazan doesn’t sacrifice much of the character’s darkness, but rather enables Pugh, an actress who ably navigates purity and corruption, to play with both closer to the surface than usual.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
Now the cleaves were lighter and closer together: it had slowed to a walk.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
This may be the closest thing I have to a real rule.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
The closest the storm’s core will get to Los Angeles is 800 miles away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Among the seven constituents, Nvidia and Apple are the closest to their peaks, both sitting within 3% of their record highs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Chevron’s two closest rivals, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips, are expected to remain on the sidelines for now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
It was the closest I’d ever been to another person, at least one who wasn’t related to me.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
He doesn’t own it yet; he’s currently under contract to buy the property and will donate it to a public agency once the sale closes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
And after the one-year true-up window closes, any further bad news will hit the income statement directly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Tesla’s event is scheduled to kick off after the market closes on Thursday in downtown Austin, according to Eric Earley, the Cybercab’s chief engineer.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
But they will have to battle the clock to earn their dream moves before the market closes.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
“It might be too loud to—” I don’t have to finish my sentence, because as soon as Alex closes the door, the noise from the bowlers is cut down by more than half.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
The city closed its 8th Street and 10th Street beach parking lots until Wednesday “due to elevated surf and coastal flooding conditions,” the city’s Police Department said early Sunday morning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
In January 2005, the memorial closed for four months' renovation work, primarily to tackle problems of flooding and waterlogged ground around the site.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
An elderly woman in a surgical mask rocked slightly as she prayed, eyes closed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Ukrainian airspace has been closed since Moscow launched the war in February 2022 and visiting leaders have been arriving by train.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
I press my lips closed, holding back details that I know won’t help my case.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
"This is a great result for us," Jakirovic said after his side threatened to claim all three points in the closing stages against Villa at MKM Stadium.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
His ability to improvise instantly when he senses a defender closing in is the best magic act in the South Bay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
The yield on the policy-sensitive two-year Treasury rose 0.047 percentage point to 4.379%, closing within 2 basis points of a 52-week high.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
S&P Dow Jones Indices announced the changes after Friday’s closing bell.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
She sat there for a few seconds before closing the door quietly behind her.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
