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Among the terms used to describe the incoming minority leader: “pugilistic,” “pugnacious,” “combative,” “brawler,” “attack dog,” “hard-line,” “bomb thrower,” “enforcer.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
Rotation curves describe how quickly stars and gas orbit at different distances from the centers of galaxies.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
I wasn’t part of those surveys, but the numbers confirm what I know from regrettable experience, as I describe in a new book.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026
Then there’s “Odds of Getting Even,” in which he deploys some classic country-music wordplay to describe the revenge he’s planned to exact on a cheater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
I describe what it’s like to dance in a room like that.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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He describes Endeavour as “the most complicated thing humans have ever built,” hoping to spark interest in math and engineering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
More awkwardly, a line about Kavalan single malt now describes it as coming from the “Taiwan region,” a geographic descriptor sufficiently vague to satisfy the censor.
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2026
Near the end of the book, Biden describes Trump’s “fawning” meeting with him in the Oval Office after the 2024 election.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
The Financial Times describes what it calls the "spectacular fall" of Jensen Huang, who it says was allowed to mould much of the White House's policy on artificial intelligence.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
His brow furrows as he describes the perilous condition of Denmark and relates how Fortinbras seized control after Claudius was killed.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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That is how former captain Sam Warburton described the monumental result against New Zealand in Cardiff on Saturday.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
And the glitches I described weren’t the only ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
During a “Kindergarten Cop” reunion Zoom call with the cast in 2020 hosted by Yahoo, Cousins described his experience acting in some of the most intense scenes of the film.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
In January, the Chinese defence ministry described swarms of autonomous drones as the "new face of warfare."
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
She described how she awoke on a rocky shore, and how her only desire was to survive, and how difficult life was in that harsh place.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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Teleparallel gravity takes a different mathematical approach, describing gravity through a property called torsion.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
North Korean propaganda began describing it as a symbol of the founder’s revolution against Japanese occupation before and during the war and of the country’s common bloodline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Ugandan media shared videos of grieving parents describing their children's final moments, with some accusing the school of failing to provide clear and timely information.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
“The worries, the fears, the concerns, the ups and downs. I mean, how do you explain it? I don’t know,” he said to the news outlet, describing the experience since the outbreak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
“My former headmistress, Miss Mortimer, has sent us a guidebook describing all the important sights of London. It should provide us with an excellent preparation for our trip.”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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