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You are correct that most forms of insurance can be declined, with some exceptions — homeowners insurance is typically required by a mortgage lender.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
"The time available to correct course is now short."
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Twice that day, the town emailed Bowker and the project manager at what looked to be their correct email addresses, Gruber said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The initial assertion was correct, but he was much more than that.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The fact is, history is populated by humans, and humans are deeply flawed and imperfect, and no amount of spatial teleportation can correct that.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
As the market corrects its math, the quality names should outperform.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
"After 160 years of getting it wrong, this paper corrects this very important feature based not on guesswork, but on empirical evidence."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2026
The Senate last month passed the Math Act, which corrects the often infuriating way the agency handles clerical errors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
“I think there is going to be a short-term fluctuation in the trend that ultimately corrects itself and resumes the path it was on while Netanyahu is in power,” he said.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2025
“Illustrator,” Ethan corrects me, but not in a mean way.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
Hunter noted that since early July, the SOX index has corrected 20% and the hyperscaler group “has bounced within its broad 2026 trading range.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Chief Executive Joseph Zubretsky said the imbalance between Medicaid rates and medical costs appears to have stabilized and is well positioned to be corrected with future rate increases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The image was cropped, enhanced to improve contrast, and corrected to remove lens artifacts.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 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
“Thirty-four,” I corrected, still feeling a little snippy since our argument about her leaving me behind.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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
Tooke hasn’t bothered correcting the thousand of commenters who assume he’s at the World Cup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Coleman explained that when answering the phones, the first step is often correcting the way callers think.
From Slate ● Jun. 15, 2026
Treating old stem cells with the lysosomal inhibitor increased their blood-forming ability in living animals by more than eightfold, highlighting the powerful regenerative effects of correcting lysosomal dysfunction.
From Science Daily ● May 12, 2026
“Toxic shock,” Farmer said, correcting the house staff’s diagnosis, and quickly adjusted the man’s medication.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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