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But while her lyrics describe situations both grave and dangerous—the record’s title is a homophone for “violence”—her words are peppered with bizarre humor and images that aren’t easy to decode.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Hybrid warfare or hybrid attacks are loose terms that tend to describe non-military methods, for example cyber-attacks, sabotage or misinformation, designed to exert pressure and destabilise an adversary.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Ekerdt pointed me to a 1988 paper by consumer researcher Russell Belk, who coined the term “extended self” to describe this phenomenon.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

You could describe that as the meaningless courtesies of routine statecraft, but it also suggested a high-flying hotel guest offering his compliments to the concierge: The eggs this morning were entirely delicious.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

“I don’t know how to describe it. Like… like I’m in the middle of a river but it’s going in four different directions.”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

It may be time to review what Ben Chabot, a former Chicago Fed economist now teaching at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago, describes as, effectively, a run on the bond market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The listing, which is held by Melissa Franklin of RE/MAX, describes the property as “pure perfection” and a home “built for entertainment.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

In his memoir, “Every Man for Himself and God Against All,” he describes tracking down the Chaplin twins with a newspaper photograph of the building they lived in.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Mild cognitive impairment, often shortened to MCI, describes measurable problems with memory or thinking that are greater than expected with normal aging but do not necessarily interfere substantially with everyday life.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

To be honest, the way Colin describes it, it does sound a bit ridiculous.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

An attorney for Scott Kretzschmar, one of fraternity members named in the civil suit, described the action as a “money grab” and “not only intentionally dishonest but morally repugnant.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Jamie Jones-Buchanan, a former teammate of Rob Burrow, described the team's ethos in good and bad times: "We went through success and adversity, but we always came out on the other side together."

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Pantheon Macro described the move as the largest stimulus in two years.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Ekerdt described a woman he interviewed who had once hosted family dinners for 12 or 15 and kept enough dishes to serve everyone.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

“Just as you described it. Let me stay here with you, please, Togbe!”

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

There’s a lot of argument online on social media about the value—or lack thereof—in describing these machines in anthropomorphic terms.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

The primary suite offers an enormous spa-inspired bathroom, as well as a fireplace, wet bar, steam shower, and gym, with the listing describing it as a “private retreat.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

The leader of the Catholic Church also addressed young people in his speech, describing them as "today's Church".

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

That meal felt like a small, vivid demonstration of what the women at the festival had been describing all weekend.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

But I had never heard of the job described in the nuanced way that Luc was describing it.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse