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[kol-uhm] / ˈkɒl əm /




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And, as I explained in my last column, bond gauges offer some confusing contradictions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Maybe this is why I have long treated “Ask a Manager” as both advice column and anthropological expedition behind the cubicle wall, where completely ordinary behaviors can become freighted with professional meaning.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Kaufman’s column might also have entered into Swift’s songwriting canon, as many of the singer’s fans seem to believe today.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Expanding gases and intense heat drive this material upwards, creating a vast eruption column rising 30–50 kilometers into the atmosphere – far above commercial passenger aircraft, which usually cruise at up to about 13 kilometers.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Once we close the door, it blends in with the rest of the column.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

In 2024, the same team used AI to recover 15 complete columns from a scroll owned by the Institut de France, amounting to less than one tenth of the entire document.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

LiCalzi said the short columns are heartfelt messages from elected officials, community leaders, athletes, artists, business owners and activists who have helped shape the city.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Here are a few that were newish to me and not mentioned in my hotel wish list and hotel hacks columns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The right-most columns include current forward price-to-earnings ratios and those at the end of 2025.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Inside the hotel was Greenbrier Avenue, with its black and white floor tiles forming a checkerboard, as well as columns and a center sitting area.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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