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"I feel very honoured to be taking part in the parade and to represent the Land Girls. I'm very excited, although a little apprehensive as I don't quite know what to expect," she said.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
Another Democrat elected in the Lone Star state is the Latin Grammy-winning Tejano music star Bobby Pulido, who will represent Texas’ 15th Congressional District.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026
Under the country's mixed-member proportional representation system, voters must tick two options -- a general party list as well as an individual member to represent their electorate.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
Quantum mechanics describes these electrons using wave packets, which represent how their wave properties extend across different locations.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
What does it symbolize, what could it represent, or what do you associate it with?
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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Transferring a single electron to a molecule represents the smallest possible transfer of electric charge.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
In this scene, the song represents liberation, friendship, joy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
Travel Association, a lobbying group that represents the travel industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
The resolution states that the faculty senate, which represents academic staff, "has no confidence in the ability of the central administration to effectively address the ongoing crisis of sexual assault at Cornell University".
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Even the sole Norse site located on Newfoundland apparently represents no more than a winter camp occupied by a few dozen people for a few years.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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They compared these characteristics with those of closely related species and analyzed its mitochondrial DNA to determine whether it represented a distinct species.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
The Democrat represented the impoverished, coal-mining state of West Virginia in the Senate for 30 years, after serving two terms as governor.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
Wedding represented Canada in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and finished 24th in the parallel giant slalom category, records show.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Angelenos yearn for safer streets, an end to homelessness, a renewal of the dreamland that the city has represented for over a century.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
He was an even-tempered, soft-spoken, and mature grandmaster who represented the old guard, and over a lifetime of tournament warfare he’d played many of the game’s legendary figures.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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So the company recorded $10 billion of goodwill, representing the difference between the purchase price and Spirit’s net identifiable assets, which were negative.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
By 2026, cremations are projected to reach about 2 million — more than twice the estimated 912,000 burials — representing a cremation rate of 64.3%, per the NFDA.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2026
In 2025, more than 7 million Americans ages 65 and older were living with the disease, representing approximately 1 in 9 people in that age group.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
Eisenkot, who later pledged to "do everything" to form a new government, was recommended by parties representing 67 lawmakers as opposed to 46 for Netanyahu's bloc.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
There are about forty of us now, aged six through sixteen, representing a range of ability to control our limbs and our voices.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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