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The peer, who grew up in Greater Manchester, was a key figure in pushing the Conservatives' Northern Powerhouse agenda, which was aimed at boosting the economy of the North of England.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
By day 10, however, that figure had dropped to 86%.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
We can’t, of course, say “poor Kyle Tucker” as he strains — less stoically now — to figure it out with the postseason closing in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
They were able to figure out a more affordable way to produce the vaccine, but it still was more than they could afford.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
My brain raced around, trying to figure out the logistics of it all.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Cruz started spending six figures a week on advertising in late July 2024, according to AdImpact data, and ramped up to a weekly seven-figure spend by late September.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
The charity estimates there around 5,000 people living with FND in Northern Ireland but they have struggled to obtain specific figures as Northern Ireland's health trusts do not record FND as a primary condition.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
He chooses busier border crossings, avoids books prominently featuring politically sensitive figures and has hidden books inside his clothes, or deep in his luggage.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
On Friday, attention turns to August consumer price figures for the Tokyo metropolitan area that will indicate if higher oil prices triggered by the Middle East conflict are filtering through to broader consumer costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The figures on the right are inspired by the African masks.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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He replied: “yea I been trying to find her since I was in the hospital but I figured it would be weird to ask publicly lol.”
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
“If I knew, I’d probably have figured it out by now,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
They’ve just figured out they don’t have to buy them.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
He figured it would appeal to younger viewers with short attention spans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
My mouth was still wide open, but now it was hanging there out of surprise and a little dismay, because I hadn’t figured on an interruption.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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The third is now beginning: figuring out how to pay for the system without making it less useful.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
I spent 10 hair-pulling minutes just figuring out how to change the Cirqa’s wearing location from “wrist” to “arm.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
This is your risk tolerance, and figuring that out is usually how financial advisers start the planning process in earnest, after getting down all your demographic information and calculating your current balance sheet.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Due to anxiety surrounding their immigration status, figuring out the paperwork for her children has been extremely difficult, Blanca said, as translated by Corona.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
But as time went on, the only thing I was figuring out was how much I didn’t know.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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