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By day 10, however, that figure had dropped to 86%.
From Science Daily ● 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
But the figure came in higher than expected due to increased welfare spending, including benefits and other payments such the state pension.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
With Ahmad largely sidelined in the U.S., though still advocating for the Palestinian people, Sidhwa ultimately becomes “American Doctor’s” most striking figure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
She watched the fine figure of Eugene Hammond cranking his Bullet N°2 until he was lost in the distance.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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
During his apprenticeship as a people transformation analyst at Barclays, Rankin skipped the entry-level grunt work and got to be involved in complex projects with senior figures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Gus Atkinson: Bowled better than figures of 1-51 suggest but looked short of rhythm, unsurprising given he had previously been bowling in The Hundred.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Thursday’s release of industrial profit figures are the sole indicator of note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The show featured in-depth conversations with prominent figures in politics, science, and the arts.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
And it seems that Arteta is one of the few to have figured it out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
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 the Pitt family was back again.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
Howard says that figuring out what she wanted to talk about in her new songs took some time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Here, Russo discusses figuring out how to write a suspense novel, receiving a note that changed his career and grappling with the time he told his mother’s secrets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Houghton and his partner begrudgingly began figuring out how to arrange episodes and soon discovered the process was also helping them structure the investigation.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 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
Humans are not very good at figuring out technical things, like how to fix a broken lock.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
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