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What those repairs will entail, exactly, appears yet to be determined, as the agency reviews surveys and drone footage “to determine the most effective path forward,” Smith said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Building this much nuclear power across America would entail a vast reduction of pollution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
But the longer bonds do entail more volatility.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
It is unclear what exactly a ban would entail, and whether employees of those outlets would be prevented from entering the White House grounds.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The stop didn’t entail getting out of the carriages or, later, the buses.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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The main difference, in his opinion, was that Swiss wrestling entails maintaining a constant grip on one's opponent, whereas there is more distance between wrestlers in Senegal.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
That entails simultaneously buying a put option with a higher strike price and selling a put with a lower strike that’s “out of the money” – both with the same expiry.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
They described an onerous search process that entails combing through emails and phones of 13 city officials, including the mayor; as well as the records of more than a dozen rent board members and staffers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
But, they all have their own careers and may not want the all-consuming grind that running “SNL” entails.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Because, beyond the military disadvantage losing a Mockingjay entails, I am broken.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s armed forces had received appropriate orders, although he did not specify what those instructions entailed.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
Her journey back to the spotlight has entailed intense physical therapy, vocal rehabilitation and medication, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
The trips entailed hotel stays because he couldn’t manage the round-trip drive in a day.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
The Baltic country spends 5% of its GDP on national defence, Silina noted, which she said entailed a "much higher level of responsibility toward society... that requires clear results".
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
Other critical details have been censored in the memos, making it unclear who was offering her the job and exactly what it entailed.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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In recent years, a couple of local districts have rolled out pilot programs entailing the release of sterile male mosquitoes to drive the population down, a relatively new approach to tackling these mosquitoes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
He noted that the Machinists’ work, physically tiring and often entailing exposure to toxic chemicals, takes a toll.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2023
So, the fuel needs a larger percentage of this isotope, entailing higher uranium-235 enrichment than the 4 percent enriched LEU typically used in nuclear power plants.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2023
Sardinia has restaurants all over the island referred to as "agriturismo," which is where local farms offer up a dining experience typically entailing a set menu consisting of only ingredients from the property.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2023
There are videos about the importance and difference of treble and bass clefs; there is a list of music terms and what they mean, and the site even contains videos entailing the transposition of music.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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