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The council did not intercede, for example, two years ago when LA28 stopped its previous practice of naming contractors that it had paid more than $1 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
When I asked if the robots could load the dishwasher, for example, Pinkerton said yes, but caveated that they’ve broken a dish before while working with a customer who agreed to the risk.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Employees, however, might view it as a lost opportunity to shine or an example of how you don’t fully trust him or her to make a decision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
On Instagram for example, when you turn off the algorithm, you can't see direct messages or access your profile and settings.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
“Kwame Powell. You will work to save my wife’s creation. You will honor her by setting an example and leading humans into a better future.”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Past examples of companies repeatedly coming to that market for funding included Tyco and Enron.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
The BBC also contacted a number of healthcare organisations whose logos appeared on Synetal Solutions' website as examples of employers where graduates had worked.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
The report listed several examples involving a payments processing subsidiary JPMorgan acquired, WePay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The secretary’s examples of Western heroism were the Spartans at Thermopylae and the philosopher Socrates, both of whom, he said, illustrate the “Western” willingness to “pay any cost for a cause worthy of his loyalty.”
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026
The first three, however, had me thinking that maybe my Humans were not the best examples of their species.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
“We’ve made tremendous progress, and that progress is exampled all across the state of California — but not equally,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
Among the new locations are any place children “gather,” with exampled such as playgrounds, daycare facilities and school bus stops.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 27, 2021
The Arbitration Treaty form is well exampled in the German-Czecho-Slovakian treaty of 22 articles.
From Time Magazine Archive
The change that has taken place in the purpose of the novel and in the manner of treatment of character by the novel writer could not be more clearly exampled than by "Love in Idleness."
From The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. by Various
In this young wood of Taahauku all these hues and combinations were exampled and repeated by the score.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
In an ecstasy of tender contemplation he turns from those to these, exampling Julia from the rose and pitying the hapless violets as though they were indeed not blooms insensitive but actually ‘poor girls neglected.’
From Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation by William Ernest Henley
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