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The weapons were rendered inoperable and the site was monitored to see if anyone would collect them, but no one did.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Most EU goods face a 10% tariff rate, while U.S. importers collect refunds on some €31 billion in unlawfully levied duties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Bondholders collect interest in return for lending their money, which is known as the bond yield.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
The fast-food standards have them, of course, but so do regional chains and neighborhood coffee shops: download this, order ahead, skip the line, collect points, save your usual.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Carlson yet, but my secret goal is to collect one thousand pounds of garbage before Mom and I go home.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
It is fed by rainwater that collects in two artificial lakes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
I think the next big opportunity will come from identifying who collects the toll after all this infrastructure gets built.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
“The Insect World of J. Henri Fabre” collects his many discoveries, but it is his witty and theatrical voice, translated here by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, that makes Fabre as compelling as his subjects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
She collects material from other places, too, like dirt from her daughter’s preschool yard or sand from local beaches — anything elemental that “will really alchemize and change form in the kiln.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
He grins and tugs my hair, and then he collects Garrett for pictures.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
In a rescue mission on Wednesday, amphibian and reptile experts found dead wildlife, but also some survivors which were collected and relocated.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
If the data were collected at different times, for example, some of the information -- especially on a fluid process like gaining US citizenship -- could be out-of-date, he explained.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
To explore this nutritional mismatch, researchers compared the essential amino acid composition of honeybee tissues with pollen collected from 99 UK flowering plant species representing 26 plant families.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
Meanwhile, in well over 100 film and TV appearances since 1974, the 79-year-old Jenkins has collected two Oscar nominations and four Emmy nods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
He greeted the guards; he collected his paints and his easel; he entered the Salon Carré.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
Albie-Junior and his dad also aimed to raise funds for their local football club, Holywell Town FC, so far collecting £3,085.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Lastly, a growing crowd of car enthusiasts is collecting vehicles that are remarkably normal—think Ford Tauruses, Honda Civics and Buick station wagons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Environmental Protection Agency to install air monitors and continue collecting date at nearby schools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
She is one of 21 drone pilots for the OS, in charge of collecting footage to track changes on the ground.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Harriet!” cried Emma, collecting herself resolutely—“Let us understand each other now, without the possibility of farther mistake. Are you speaking of—Mr. Knightley?”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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