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This year is the first ever when the group’s up-to-$500 grants won’t cover the 100-gallon minimum many suppliers require for home deliveries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Tissues such as skin, along with the epithelial layers that cover and line many organs, have a remarkable ability to rebuild themselves after extensive damage.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
"You look at the geography that we're going to cover, we're not always going to be in our training base. We're going to be going to different facilities. It's a challenge," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“Everyone does it,” they tell themselves in the hopes of being supplied some measure of cover upon being singled out.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
It was there coming up over the hill, even though ragged bits of mist still hovered over the fields, and the cliffs were hidden under a cover of gray.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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You should also take into account the benefit period, inflation protection and premium-rate increases, and, as obvious as it sounds, what the policy actually covers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
“He’s wearing pearls and has auburn hair that covers one eye — it’s like a playground for your brain reading that kind of stuff.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The Track Record mortgage from Skipton Building Society covers 100% of the value of a property, with the borrower paying nothing upfront.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The effort has taxed the company’s supply chain, which covers a network of capacity-constrained subcontractors that are hard-pressed to surge their own output on short notice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
In bed, I pull the covers up to my neck and curl into a ball, but those damn butterflies won’t stay still.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Prior to joining the Journal, he covered the business of sports for Bloomberg News in New York and worked as an outdoors writer on Louisiana's coast at the Times-Picayune in New Orleans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Both the amount of ocean covered by ice and the size of individual floes influence how often collisions occur.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
I have covered elections, I’ve worked the polls and I vote.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
He compared it to an options strategy referred to as a covered call.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
It was while a silver sheen covered the ice and the water that I heard the sound.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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Find insight on Korea Electric Power, Drax, oil prices and more in the latest Market Talks covering Energy and Utilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Global climate models cannot track every one of the vast number of relatively small floes covering the Arctic.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
As higher gas prices and rising costs of living stretch consumers’ budgets, covering expenses for basics has become a bigger priority.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
I am not convinced by Liverpool at all after covering them for Radio 5 Live last week - I thought Fulham were the better side in their 0-0 draw at Anfield.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
An older boy—judging by his height and the little bit of scruff on his chin —was in the living room draped over a flowered couch with an open book covering his face.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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