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McElwee explains that the numbers on his film reels were mislabeled, causing extended confusion as they tried to put the footage back in the correct, chronological order.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
OL helped correct these abnormalities, including changes involving arachidonic acid, linoleic acid, and α-linolenic acid.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
"Today's action will begin to correct what is both a human rights abuse and distortive trade practice to improve the welfare of workers everywhere," his statement said.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
But if county analysts are correct, those good feelings will be tested in the harsh cutbacks to come over the next three years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Across America, ophthalmologists rediscovered an obscure and risky procedure called radial keratotomy, and there was a boom in surgery to correct small impairments of vision.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
“It’s not a romance, it’s a love story,” she immediately corrects him.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
As the market corrects its math, the quality names should outperform.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
The system includes specialized data processing that i.e. corrects for factors such as Earth tides.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 15, 2026
It also analyzes whether an outlet acknowledges and corrects errors, reveals conflicts of interest, and distinguishes news reporting from opinion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Another passenger, soaked, was having car trouble and had to ditch his van—no, wait, his Mercedes, Rufus corrects, because a train ride is a humbling experience for this rich guy.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
The image was cropped, enhanced to improve contrast, and corrected to remove lens artifacts.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
Impressively, she corrected her slide to prevail in the end, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
If VAR had been available, Scottish referee Hugh Dallas could have corrected the missed call, awarding a penalty and giving Frings a red card, expelling him for the final 40 minutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
That imbalance will be corrected and the two measures will converge.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
“They look like charging stations,” the woman corrected.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
They also identify ACOT1 as a possible new drug target and suggest that correcting disrupted fatty acid metabolism could become a useful strategy for treating RA.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
In an ancient form of marking homework, a second person's hand can be seen changing mistakes, "going along and correcting them later and adding breath marks", he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Let’s start by correcting misrepresentations in vastly longer accounts produced elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Coleman explained that when answering the phones, the first step is often correcting the way callers think.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2026
Margot, the Annex’s Dutch teacher, has been correcting these letters for him.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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