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He responded by further attacking the three outlets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
TfW said it was exploring a pilot to allow eligible railcards to be linked to pay-as-you-go accounts, and hoped to introduce child fares in future, but said further development was needed.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Going further back, the stock also did much better than the S&P 500 during the stock-market slump of the early 2000s, and even the Asian financial crisis of 1998.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
After years of effort, Merck could make only a few grams at a time, at staggering cost, with no clear therapeutic opportunity to justify further investment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The New-York Tribune published a letter from Dr. Lee further explaining the physiology and acoustic science behind his claim.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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And Lena reflects an archetypal American figure central to black culture and pride: the matriarch who, against considerable obstacles, holds together a family and furthers its ambitions through her personal integrity and fortitude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
But Dan Wasiolek, senior equity analyst at Morningstar, told MarketWatch that the deal furthers his belief that prediction-market competition is overstated.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
As MMA solidifies, “it produces heat, and then in producing that heat, it furthers the chain reaction, so it keeps going and going and going,” Bernal said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
Assuming the young Swede maintains his current trajectory, following his recent win at Torrey Pines, he will surely have many more fans as he furthers his quest for a first major title.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2025
They realize that Western rule furthers more than anything else the Westernization of their social system, their traditional manner of life, and they therefore tend to react fanatically against it.
From The New World of Islam by Lothrop Stoddard
Super Micro has been working its way back into Wall Street’s good graces, and its latest earnings report furthered the cause.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
But it has also aided warring parties when it furthered its interests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
The Civic Memory Working Group that has recently furthered this effort left the city with a list of other historical obligations as yet unmet, challenging issues in the region’s past that remain unresolved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2025
Mr. Francis’ actions not only degraded the 7th Fleet’s readiness but shook the Fleet’s trust in its leadership who furthered his corrupt practices,” Kelly said.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2024
The fact that they were exactly alike, that they were surrounded by the same barren hard-packed earth, furthered the illusion.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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Sandisk’s stock was furthering a sharp rally off recent lows — such that it’s now up more than 60% in just over two weeks.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Journalists on the old plane out of Ankara were also told to keep their window blinds down -- a step normally reserved for war zones -- furthering suspicions of security concerns.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
And though the suit doesn’t name the classmate, her name has now leaked via court documents, furthering an already pronounced imbalance of power.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
Gross domestic product expanded 0.5% in the three months through March, furthering the 0.2% expansion during the final quarter of 2025, Switzerland’s statistics office said Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
Lawrence replied that “the idea of a federation of democracies may have much practical merit, but... I would not think of using my position as a scientist in furthering such a political movement.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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