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In the closing moments of our interview, Earl Spencer revealed himself not to be a public figure trying to settle old scores or correct myths about his incredibly famous sister.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
A study from Tel Aviv University argues that both possibilities may be partly correct.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
“The United States enforces the federal antitrust laws and has a strong interest in their correct application,” the Justice Department said in a Tuesday filing, describing its unique position to bring antitrust actions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Director Alex Myers has seen teens try to sweep without touching the broom to the floor; he has to intervene to correct them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
There, that was probably the correct thing to say.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
“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
“Now I have them all written down on a website. Or if my mom corrects me for something that I’m saying in Spanish, I now listen.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
On Monday, Renfe President Álvaro Fernández Heredia apparently ruled out "human error", telling RNE TV show Las Mañanas that, if "the driver makes a mistake, the system itself corrects it".
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026
“They took her to the beach for the sea air, sometimes,” Ruth corrects her.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
“He had the fight against Tatsuro Taira; I think he evolved and corrected some mistakes he made in that fight. So I think it’s going to be completely different.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
She corrected herself: “They are not tourists. They are elites.”
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
He was corrected by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins who laughed and joked: "Secretary Burgum has to do a little magic."
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Often we are swimming in information: recall alerts, traceback reports, lot codes, congressional inquiries, corporate ownership records, corrected test results, viral posts and, increasingly, apps designed to help us interpret the whole mess.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
“You mean, you look for the most common symbol or letter in the code, and you can assume that that symbol stands for e, because e is the most common letter in English,” Emma corrected.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Detecting those jumps has been difficult, so the ability to monitor them in sound could provide an important new tool for identifying and correcting quantum errors.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Catalan firefighters said on X on Thursday that they had recovered the "lifeless body of a man" in Olivella, correcting earlier reports that had identified the missing person as a woman.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
"But correcting a distorted representation is already an act of truth."
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Comedian John Mulaney has a bit about the kid at a sleepover who waits until after midnight to announce, “It’s tomorrow now,” then spends the rest of the night correcting everyone.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
“The Honorable Elijah Muhammad,” one of them is always correcting the others.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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