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The company had not announced an official date for its IPO.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
Waymo’s roots date back to 2009, when it was founded as Google’s self-driving car project.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
To date, just 145,000 of the first responders and survivors are enrolled in the World Trade Center Health Program, which has both extended life and the quality of that life for program participants.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
ING economists expect the slump in fixed-asset investment to have continued in August, forecasting a 7.4% contraction in the year to date.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Then, if that were the charge and if they included the time served at Scheveningen, September 1 would be our release date!
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Thanks to his community’s social schedule, Beck is out several nights a week listening to live music, relaxing with friends or going on dates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Much of Laos's distribution grid dates back to the 1970s, and now struggles to keep pace with an increasingly modern economy of tourism, massive infrastructure, urban development and air conditioning.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
Styles will also play US stadiums for the first time as a solo artist - with dates booked in Phoenix, Dallas, Atlanta and Chicago.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
One individual lived about 25,000-16,000 years ago, while the other dates to 7600-6300 years ago.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Christina wanted Ferdinand’s horoscope to be cast, but she was not sure when he had been born and offered two alternative dates more than a year apart: 19 July 1548 and 30 July 1549.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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One briefing document, dated 10 September 1998, reported Bin Laden's preferred location for a strike was within the US, with Washington a prime target.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
He dated America not from Jamestown, Plymouth or the Constitution but from 1776—a nation “conceived in Liberty” and dedicated to equality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The document is dated 12 June this year, about four weeks before the BBC contacted Police Scotland over its intention to run a story about the case.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
She dated artist Joseph Cornell and befriended other artists such as Donald Judd and Eva Hesse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
It was dated that last day of school, just before winter break.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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By studying chemical signatures locked inside the rocks, the team was able to reconstruct geological events dating back roughly 3.1 billion years.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Earlier this year the BBC announced LGBTQ+ dating shows I Kissed a Boy and I Kissed a Girl were also being cancelled.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Answers came from a technique dating to her case officer days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
A China-based app studio built a network of more than 20 dating apps that claimed to be staffed by real people but were secretly run by Claude.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Ella isn’t your property! She’s a free creature. Besides, she wants to be at Camp Half-Blood. She’s dating one of my friends, Tyson.”
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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