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Court records note that it was the result of an accident, but provided no additional detail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Besides, his 7:30 a.m. work detail was about to start.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The detail that the average person takes 450 selfies a year is powerful, especially when contextualized against their disposability—compared, for example, with the daguerreotype.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
These tests allowed them to examine the signaling system in greater detail and determine what happens when its molecular communication pathways are disrupted.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
But I was a detail person who left nothing to chance if I could help it.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
“I’ll probably be a little bit more sensitive about how I communicate about the details of the plot of a movie.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Their families didn’t know the details of their college football careers, until they put the pieces together much later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
However, details of Carney's proposed plans for greater ties with the EU are scarce.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
He also said he had spoken with Tehran “directly,” without providing further details.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Ruth took the clipboard back after Maggie signed it with her details.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
For many diseases, it is impossible or impracticable to collect detailed, local-level prevalence data.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
“I was taken aback by how intense and vivid the descriptions were, and not only detailed, but very viscerally described … Mona Awad is not a generic prose writer,” Ah Sing says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Anytime my direct reports take time off, they give me the most detailed explanations.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
She added that under the legislation - if it is approved - companies would be required to submit detailed child safety plans.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
He finds his appetite has returned, so they share a bowl of dumplings and a packet of pieces of edible paper, with detailed illustrations on them that match their respective flavors.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Among the discoveries was a typed schedule detailing Queen Elizabeth II's plans to host a diplomatic reception in her Silver Jubilee year of 1977.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Not far from the cafe where Osborn met with voters, Calvin Pemberton owns a Trump souvenir shop next to his car detailing business, where he sells flags, t-shirts and hats with the Republican president's likeness.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Anthropic, the AI tech company behind Claude, released a report Thursday detailing how bad actors have attempted to use its products for nefarious ends, from scams and mass surveillance to biological weapons development.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
This month, New York City officials released a trove of documents detailing air-quality issues and what the city knew about the toxic conditions around Ground Zero following the attacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Finally, when I had finished detailing my cluttered room at home, he paused instead of responding with another question.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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