familiar
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As for North American Blue Energy Partners, it intends to independently operate many of 17 oil fields over which it gained control, according to people familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
But when I think about that moment now, it seems clear that she was embracing another familiar position:
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Aging often makes itself visible in familiar ways, from gray hair and wrinkles to lapses in memory.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Inside the atomically thin devices, the researchers detected both the familiar Hall signal and a second, unconventional signal associated with magnetization lying within the plane of the material.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
What could be simpler than to carry this document around the corner and through those familiar wooden doors.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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With AI, videogames and “Dungeons and Dragons”-type sessions will evolve and merge into an interactive immersive fiction created by the collaboration of a small group of friends and each of their ever-present AI familiars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
"Once you are known, the name begins not to matter. People look at the person behind the name. To my familiars, I was just 'Monsieur Charles'. So I decided to keep it," he said.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
“The Night Market” involved extra layers, from international vendors hawking their weird wares to vampires cheering on the battles of the familiars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
Spooky Grymalkin Candle Lamp: Inspired by one of the witches’ familiars in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” this stylish candle lamp comes with a votive glass and candle to light up the cat’s dazzling red eyes.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
“We send our prayers off in the night, and the familiars carry them on our behalf straight to the gods’ ears.”
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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