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On “Just a Kid,” which sounds as jubilant as her breakthrough 2007 hit “Love Song,” she risks strangers’ stares to dictate a voice note in a fit of inspiration about Joseph’s footprint in the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Rather than relying on third-party services for market data and comp data—it’s sort of organized and packaged in a way that does not necessarily fit how we want to look at comps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Nonetheless, EU spokesman Thomas Regnier says the rules are "fully fit for purpose".
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
Sectors like pharmaceuticals could be a natural fit with China's population aging and healthcare costs rising.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Whatever had been dragged across the entrance didn’t seem to be a perfect fit.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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Veteran leftist Lula is seeking a fourth non-consecutive term, boasting he is fitter than ever despite his advanced age.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The people included in the study may have been healthier and fitter than the general population.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
He is still playing the same way, but to me he looks fitter and stronger than before.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Plus, it’s a measure of progress—the fitter I get, the easier my heart works.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
"And hast been in the battle, clean contrary to your obedience. A boy to break a father's heart! At your age a rod to your breech were fitter than a sword in your fist, ha!"
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
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Young people who end up playing in the NFL are, by definition, by far the fittest and strongest in their schools and colleges.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Molango said Palmer's recent withdrawal from the England squad highlighted a match calendar that is unsustainable and has become the "survival of the fittest".
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The movie projects contempt for the dense from its first frame, sharing a montage of recent pop culture as a stentorian narrator worries that modern conveniences have perverted the concept of survival of the fittest.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Those who have played there before explain that the opening 20 minutes are the most crucial period, even for some of the fittest athletes in sports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
As animals struggled to survive, the best-adapted variants—the fittest mutations—were serially selected.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Alice told the BBC she had been looking to buy a doorbell with a camera fitted to help make her feel safer, but said she cannot afford one.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
“But of course, that’s always in the back of your head when you get fitted for a tux.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The exact criteria for having breast reduction surgery on the NHS depends on where you live but may be possible if other options, which include wearing professionally fitted bras, have not worked.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
One camera was fitted with a cover called a “Flock sock.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Careful not to pierce his claws by accident, he fitted it to his own tail.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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Late in life, Darwin became infatuated with earthworms, a fitting preoccupation for an aging naturalist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
"When we brought them in, it was about fitting the psychology of the dressing room. No-one thought they were better than anyone else, they played for each other."
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
It is a fitting final role for a player whose career has stretched across generations of the WNBA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
But fitting all the evidence into one explanation remains difficult.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
And who slithered up and down the tree fitting pieces of wood into the holes?
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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