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Nathan Hochman, to continue driving down crime in the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
George Russell says he "doesn't feel lost any more" as he seeks to end a difficult season on a high and chase down team-mate Kimi Antonelli's championship lead.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
News of the deal comes amid a difficult year for Oracle, with shares down over 50% since the highs reached in September of last year, when enthusiasm for companies connected to the artificial-intelligence trade heightened.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Keurig Dr Pepper KDP -2.22%decrease; down pointing triangle has hired Russ Torres as chief executive of its coffee spinoff, plucking the executive from Kimberly-Clark.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
As the brain detects a fall in blood temperature, it automatically protects itself by shutting down the blood supply to the hands and feet.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
It feels like there will be ups and downs throughout, given the age of the side, but Jaissle has been struck by the backing of supporters and has quickly settled into life on Tyneside.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
But as the BBC's Ricky Boleto reports, there have been many ups and downs along the way.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Crenshaw was limited to two first downs in the second half while Cleveland added a safety by Cobe Green early in the fourth quarter to make the score 24-18.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
That means it is not immune from the stock market’s ups and downs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
There had been ups and downs since, but the heart of it remained: When Dawn looked at Vic, she saw Vic exactly as he wanted to be seen.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
After Tuesday’s crash, Weise said, Coast Guard crews searched the area for any wreckage, but did not find any pieces of the downed aircraft.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The storms caused flooding, downed trees and widespread power outages across the Greater Toronto Area, with thousands of people affected.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
That fire was started by downed power lines due to high winds.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Qatar denies it is holding the three crew members, whose jets were downed early in the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
It took a lot more than a few downed trees in south Florida to get her attention.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
In 2024, Putin apologised to the president of neighbouring Azerbaijan over the downing of a commercial airliner in Russian airspace, in which 38 people were killed.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
On Tuesday and Wednesday night, US and Iranian forces exchanged fresh waves of strikes following the downing of a US helicopter in the Gulf.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
It was first to publicly announce an end to the exchange with Israel and avoided crowing about the downing of the Apache as it had when other American aircraft were shot down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Brent crude oil prices rose 3% after the U.S. said it struck Iranian air-defense sites in response to Tehran’s downing of an American drone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
I can picture all of this: three generations of laughing Theos, downing mugs of coffee and biscuits, storming out garrulously into the dawn, wearing wool hunting hats and surrounded by baleful golden retrievers.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
