decade
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The former European champion and world bronze medallist spent almost a decade out of the sport and has three children with partner and fellow cyclist, Lewis.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
He will also make an emotional return to Chiclayo, the northern city where he was bishop for a decade.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
The energetic 76-year-old proudly showcases a chart tracking how his cholesterol levels have edged lower in the past decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
An industry report in 2024 found that drugmakers developing vaccines for infectious diseases received just 3.4% of all biopharma venture capital in the preceding decade.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
Some people enjoyed Hubler, some people didn’t, but, by early 2004, what others thought didn’t really matter anymore, because for nearly a decade Howie Hubler had made money trading bonds for Morgan Stanley.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
He compared the Catholic mission to the "steep ascents" of the Inca Trail in Peru, where he spent two decades as a missionary, visiting remote mountain communities.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
After three decades of stardom, Scarlett Johansson has the clout to choose her own path.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
Members of the John Birch Society decided to put their decades of lobbying know-how into a nationwide fight for laetrile.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
Considering its potential to increase shareholder payouts, Nvidia looks cheap: It currently trades at less than 12 times forward earnings—its lowest point in decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
Fischer would now be the first non-Soviet or non-Russian in more than three decades to play for the title against the reigning World Champion.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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