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Werro - who ran the fastest time for 43 years earlier this season - led from the start in the first semi-final, but crashed to the floor on the final bend.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Reiner, 32, made a brief appearance on the 13th floor of downtown Los Angeles’ criminal courts building on the newly released indictment, which replaces the original murder counts filed in 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Many also live around hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor, environments that some theories identify as possible locations where life first arose.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
"People ran out naked, people jumped from the second floor of their homes," Quibdo resident and law student Wilmer Cuesta said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
“Easy boy,” I say, pushing him down so all his feet are on the floor.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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"You see two floors - the first and the second, but it was a three-floor house with a roof," she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
At Toyon, carpet was replaced with rugs and easy-to-clean linoleum floors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
What they could’ve done instead: Opt for lighter colors that are more forgiving, or get used to sweeping or vacuuming your floors more often.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
Situational and other companies share two floors, an outdoor patio with couches and heat lamps, and a gym with Situational Awareness-branded weights on the squat rack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
She could hear it, the patter of footsteps, many running restlessly along the floors beneath her.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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From the panels to the exhibit hall, I was floored by the number of artists, the collectibles and the displays.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
Emma Little-Pengelly said that people who worked alongside Donaldson over the past 20 years are "floored, shocked and utterly repulsed".
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
The 41-year-old producer said her team at Stained Glass TV had been "floored" by the show's reception not just locally, but across the continent.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Referring to the synthetic soldier, Justine Moore, an AI-focused partner at Silicon Valley investor Andreessen Horowitz, wrote on X: "I'm genuinely floored by how many dudes are following influencers that are clearly AI."
From Barron's ● May 10, 2026
On the other side was a little icehouse, just a lean-to shed floored Crowding the room were a dozen rectangular troughs raised on sawhorses and filled with ice.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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It opened with concrete floors and later received Marley flooring from Live Arts Los Angeles, which closed in August 2023, and foam pads from ICA LA’s “Infinite Rehearsal” exhibition, which ran until January 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
As well as reusing window blinds and kitchen units, Ali attempted to have the laminate flooring he had installed in his old office removed and reused in his new one.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
National Park Service crews dumped hydrogen peroxide into the water last week and then pieces of the new flooring started breaking loose as crews began vacuuming the pool floor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
"We saw walls collapsing, the floors opening up. And then water and mud began spurting up from underneath the flooring."
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
He lifted a hinged section of the raft flooring and drew out the keg, which was about two feet long.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
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