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So, the game would come down to the bullpens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
He applied again in the spring semester—and was turned down once more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The BBC’s Tessa Wong is there and breaks down how the wildfire smoke is impacting countries around South East Asia.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Flavio Bolsonaro has focused on building coalitions and doubled down on his plans to shrink the state and modernize the tax system.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
I mean, how many ways can I politely turn her down?
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
And, despite ups and downs under various bosses since, the 28-year-old is now into his seventh season with the European giants.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Business spending in the supply chain is much bigger and more volatile than final consumption and does a better job of measuring the ups and downs of the business cycle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Micron’s stock has made a 279% run higher so far this year, although shares have had their ups and downs over the past three months.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
“He loves the opportunity to be able to have some of the hard downs that a lot of corners sometimes don’t want, but this guy wants them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
Northward beyond the dwindling downs the land ran away in flats and swellings of grey and green and pale earth-colours, until it faded into a featureless and shadowy distance.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
New York, Boston and Philadelphia were all in the firing line of the "Nor'easter" -- so labeled for its northeasterly winds -- as authorities warned of potential flooding, downed trees and damaged power lines.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
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
We ran forward to the downed animal, a very large grayish sow sprawled on her side across the dirt road.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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
Sunday’s downing was the fourth over Romania since the war began in 2022.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The United States has also indicted former president Raul Castro, brother of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, over the downing of two civilian planes three decades ago.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 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
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
