effort
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His public profile had been considerably raised when he managed to persuade The Beatles to come and support a £500,000 fundraising effort for Oxfam, a charity which Archer supported.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Retailers have also tweaked their shopping assistants in an effort to iron out service issues.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
To seed the effort, Walter invested and then moved stakes and returns into Academy Group.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Mark Zuckerberg was superglued into those Brunello Cucinelli gray T-shirts until he started wearing oversize Amiri tees in an effort to seem cooler.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
It’s taking all my effort to control the anger that’s boiling up.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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Latitude said in its statement on Sunday evening that it would continue to cooperate with relevant authorities during ongoing recovery efforts and investigations.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
“All their efforts around opt-in, Super Bowl ads, outreach, commercials, everything, they only got to 7.2 million accounts,” said Ray Boshara, a senior policy adviser at the Aspen Institute and Washington University in St. Louis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
As part of Ukraine's efforts to respond, "robotic turrets are now being installed on bridges", air force spokesman colonel Yuri Ignat told national television.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
This earnings test follows more than a decade of efforts from policymakers on both sides of the aisle to try to hold schools accountable for their outcomes.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
“Their panda conservation efforts have been so successful that the giant panda has become an international symbol for conserving wildlife.”
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
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