return
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If you missed out this time, the aurora may return on Sunday.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
After 33 months of follow-up, none of the patients treated in the trial had experienced a return of their cancer.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
I rarely read stories about them and would be elated if they’d return to San Diego where they belong.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
That’s slightly higher than the long-term average: Going back to 1928, the S&P 500 has delivered a compounded price return of 6.4%, excluding dividends, Dow Jones Market Data showed.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026
Then I turn my phone back on and return to the website I found a couple of weeks ago and click on the submission tab.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
As long as Microsoft continues to demonstrate healthy cloud growth, AI returns and adoption of its Copilot assistant, the company is likely to continue on its growth trajectory, StoneX analyst Yi Fu Lee told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
In this way, the returns from a bond fund are uncertain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
"The uncertainty and other conditions they faced in the Democratic Republic of Congo call into question whether these returns to countries of origin were voluntary," the group said.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Samsung's profits and shareholder returns show the path ahead for memory chip companies.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The man offers an irritated hmph and returns to his newspaper.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
He has returned to his normal activities while continuing to attend regular follow-up appointments.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
Eight years later, citing exorbitant annual maintenance costs, the government returned the property to the Post Foundation, which put it for sale in 1985 before it was bought by Trump.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026
He left for his boyhood club Borussia Dortmund in 2024 for £8m - but in a surprise move he returned to Albion in January for about £1.7m.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Yes, Jake is disenchanted and bemused by the civilian world he’s returned to; that’s a familiar journey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Some of them returned when they found out that if you couldn’t sign your name, you had to pay cash.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
He opted to start with German Kai Havertz up front despite the forward returning early from international duty after picking up a hamstring issue, leaving Viktor Gyokeres on the bench again.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
He’s the one American wanderer who escapes Pamplona alone, returning to that same existence that he once found so commonplace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The couple unexpectedly announced last month that they were returning to the UK with Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, after spending six years in the US.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
While the flotilla of ships carrying back migrants was highly publicised, Myanmar this week revealed it has also been organising weekly flights returning an additional roughly 8,000 migrants since January.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
The two friends held each other’s gaze for a couple of blinks before returning once again to staring at the Mainly Frozen Ocean.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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