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"Out popped this little coin flying across the room with a little bit of paper," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
He argues that floods and droughts are "two sides of the same coin".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
That’s why the market’s gains in each given year are, like a coin flip, largely independent of the gains in other years.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
This fallacy is perhaps best understood in the context of flipping a coin.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
He tapped the coin against the lantern’s copper shade, listened to it ring.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
In the 2023-24 season, widespread fan action including littering pitches with tennis balls and chocolate coins resulted in the scrapping of an investment deal, despite the proposal winning majority support of clubs.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
A report from the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland had previously recommended the removal of the coins in order to stop the physical and chemical impact of the metal on the rocks.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
New signage has been erected at the site encouraging people not to wedge any coins into the causeway.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
"The discoveries from the excavations, especially coins bearing Homer's likeness, show us that the inhabitants of ancient Smyrna considered the poet to be one of their own," archaeologist Mehmet Akif Erdem said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Skull-covered balloons dropped chocolate Paragon coins, stormy cloud nougats, and spiraling ginger stars.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
Infante likes using a word coined by journalist H.L.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
For instance, Mr. Nichols tells us early on that Hawthorne’s sister-in-law, Elizabeth Peabody, coined the word “transcendentalism.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
In 2017 researchers coined the term orthosomnia to describe the tendency to chase perfect scores with sleep tracking and the ensuing sleep problems, distress, and anxiety from not receiving a perfect score.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
A Japanese journalist coined the term cosplay -- combining costume and play -- in 1984 after seeing people dressed as monsters and aliens at a sci-fi convention in Los Angeles.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
It was writer and philosopher Alain Locke who coined the term “New Negro” to describe the pride-filled African Americans who emerged from the Harlem Renaissance.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
“Our fans’ love for McDonald’s beverages runs deep, from rallying for the return of Hi-C Orange Lavaburst to coining the iconic ‘Spicy Sprite,’” McDonald’s said in a statement to Barron’s.
From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026
Mr. Ashton, a tech figure known for coining the phrase “the Internet of Things,” seems to regard himself as something of a progressive visionary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
In the early ‘90s, authors William Strauss and Neil Howe, who were credited with coining the term “millennials,” took generational labels deep into the realm of pseudoscience.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2025
But even after coining R&Bieber in 2019, he’s struggled to be taken seriously.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025
“Just say you’re coining back soon. Say you’re moving this way.”
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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