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This is not out of character; his habit is to prematurely declare victory in everything, apparently assuming that the force of his declaration makes it a reality.

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026

The group had no official leaders or formal structure, allowing anyone to declare themselves a member.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

The new figures came as Indonesian officials rebuffed calls to declare the fires a national disaster and said the country was "still capable of handling the situation ourselves" after neighbouring Malaysia again offered assistance.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Students must declare their major by the end of their sophomore year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Might the tall, thin man rise up and declare: We don’t like Ike.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

He and Sheléa double-team “Still Within the Sound of My Voice,” which Mr. Webb declares “an impossible song to sing.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

A highly-produced video on the EU Space Policy's website declares: "With Iris², Europe will no longer depend on others for satellite connectivity."

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Charli had opened with the new album’s “Rock Music,” in which she declares that “the dance floor is dead”; here, her sarcasm fooled precisely nobody.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

It declares an El Nino when temperatures there run at least 0.5C above normal and the atmosphere responds, weakening the trade winds and shifting tropical rainfall eastward.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

“Apartment rents skyrocket,” the front-page headline declares; they’ve leaped 20.5 percent in Minneapolis in the first three months of 2000 alone, an unprecedented increase, according to local real estate experts.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

“Thursday is a paid holiday. Because Flavor Flav said so,” Flav, whose name is William Jonathan Drayton Jr., declared on Instagram and Threads.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Honeywell Aerospace’s board additionally declared a 40-cent dividend, payable on Dec. 4 to shareholders of record as of Nov. 13.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

For a chunk of the public, the art form’s biggest moment recently was when the actor Timothée Chalamet effectively declared it dead at a town hall event.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

The president bought his first-ever cellphone and declared himself "king of the selfie."

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

“Birds of Ashton Place That Live Outdoors,” Alexander declared, rummaging about for his shoes.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

Trump, however, was not entirely sour on Brazil's leftist president, declaring, "I like Lula, I get along with him very well."

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

The one thing Americans love more than a celebrity feud is taking sides and declaring a victor after each round, even if the opponents don’t realize they’re being pitted against each other.

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026

The confusion and chaos began hours before the ceremony had even started, after the official Ballon d'Or website published an article declaring Kane as the winner of the men's award.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

But in the renovated bathrooms the famous plaques above the urinals — including the one declaring “Charles Bukowski pissed here” — will remain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Nine of them, he wound up declaring, as if it was a certainty, were going to be on the medal podium in Berlin in 1936.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown