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Previous studies have suggested that cancer cells surviving chemotherapy may contribute to recurrence even when they are no longer actively dividing.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
He even wore a Birmingham shirt while watching from the stands.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
"There is dust everywhere, even in the food," said local resident Bright Mavedzenge, 45.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
The association was even stronger for PFOS, with the highest exposure group showing a 93% higher rate, nearly twice that of the lowest group.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
Sometimes that drives me to work even harder; other times, it fills me with panic to think I might fall short of what we both expect from me.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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They wouldn’t accept a friend taking money from them because “it evens out,” or excuse a colleague cutting corners on grounds that others do worse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
“Break evens are saying that the market thinks oil prices are going to stay high for at least a period of time,” said Tom Graff, chief investment officer of Baltimore-based Facet, a financial advisory company.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 12, 2026
“But it’s mostly something that we think evens out at the end,” he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2025
“But just any chance at all it evens out both eyes for me, I’ve been taking it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2025
They had exhausted the list, odds as well as evens.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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But he noted the indexes have diverged for periods of time before, in both directions, but have always evened out over time.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
Mira Costa ended Redondo Union’s 18-match winning streak and evened up the league standings, but the Mustangs gained the tiebreaker by virtue of fewer sets lost head-to-head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
The other goals came from Matt Boldy, who gave the U.S. a lead early in the first period, and Cale Makar, who evened things for Canada late in the second.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2026
"I think we deserved the win even though things evened out a bit in the second half."
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
As the boat evened up with the end of the dock I jumped off and hooked a line around a cleat, but the wood was rotted and the cleat bolts ripped out of the dock.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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Hyde-Smith congratulated Colom in a video posted on X on Wednesday evening and wished him well.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
I’m wishing you a reflective rest of your evening and will see you tomorrow.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026
A photo from the evening posted on social media shows Jensen and Alice sitting side by side on a red banquette, he wearing his trademark leather jacket, she in a sleeveless top and pearl necklace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
The measure, which the Associated Press called on Monday evening, requires at least $4.2 billion of the funds to be used for immunology research on cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer’s disease.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
It began one evening with a little cough that would not leave him.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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