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Pavi and her allies still have to figure out a way to save the world, though.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Well above the European Central Bank's two-percent target, the figure from the EU's statistical office was up sharply from 2.9 percent in July and in line with forecasts by analysts for Bloomberg.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Anthropic will also have to figure out how to sell A.I. without burning cash.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
Overdeck didn’t flinch when he mentioned the figure, just one of the many staggering sums being bandied about in a blockbuster divorce trial under way in a New Jersey courthouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Here I am knocking on the door, watching a figure approach through the glass: a maid in a crisp white hat.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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Other figures disclosed at the event show that the EFCC's caseload is increasingly focused on cybercrime and fraud rather than just corruption cases against high-profile officials.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Roughly 70% of Jersey Mike’s customers are Gen Xers or Boomers, while Gen Z accounts for just 2%, according to Wall Street analyst reports citing company figures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Government figures show there were 10,134 foreign nationals held in custody on 30 June, 3,283 of whom were on remand and would not be eligible for deportation.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Big Ten revenue has dented the deficit, according to budget figures obtained by the California Post, but the expense of fielding competitive teams in all sports is soaring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Torak peered at the figures hunched about the long-fire: twenty or thirty men and women, their faces starkly lit by the flames.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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I don’t think anyone has pricing figured out yet, but there is pressure from clients who want results quicker and in more cost effective ways.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
In this week’s bonus episode: Susan, Dahlia, and Mark recently reconvened to record an update to this conversation, complete with analysis of how Gorsuch figured into the blockbuster, end-of-term decisions handed down in June.
From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026
Back at Ratchford's office on the third day, he figured a way around the problematic income criterion.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
"Explaining that the brain works by way of a central controller suggests that you haven't figured out how the brain works, because you've just put a person inside your brain," says James.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
I figured that the misery would last for only a couple of days and I could put up with anything that long.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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“It’s taking the government’s supervision and enforcement tools and figuring out how you can use them the way the Reaganites used them,” Pierce said.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
While you’re figuring that out, price out other retirement possibilities, such as living on the beach in California or an apartment in the heart of Boston or New York.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
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
The third is now beginning: figuring out how to pay for the system without making it less useful.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Certain chores on the Ranch—like figuring out gardening-supplement-to-soil ratio and the animal-feed amounts—require math to do them right.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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