gift
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Some within Reform, who are full of admiration for Nigel Farage's chutzpah and gift as a communicator, are desperate to see a behind-the-scenes cultural shift that minimises the chances of further embarrassments.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Critics raised a host of ethical and security concerns about taking such a lavish gift from a foreign power.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
In “Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage,” Belle Burden said her ex-husband bought her a key to Black Point Beach as a birthday gift.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Read our article on the office politics of gift collections.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
It’s one she doesn’t even know to be grateful for—the gift of pausing.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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Whereas the alchemists of old sought ways to turn base metals into gold, I am transforming a precious metal into gifts for the most important people in my life, family members both past and present.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Universities receiving federal funds have been required by law since 1986 to report foreign gifts and contracts totaling $250,000 or more annually.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
"This directly explains the presence of bows, arrows, and maces in the women's tombs; these were not just symbolic gifts but tools they actively used."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Alabama grandmother Kristina Hadley also promotes the programme to friends and family - even incorporating Imagination Library into baby gifts.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
“Captain Smith is now my brother, my countryman. My father will send gifts to help.”
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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Nike gifted her with a custom shoe, decorated with a graphic of the yellow Philippines sun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Even the smallest side characters were gifted their own spin-offs in the streaming service-boosted age of marketable intellectual property.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
"A truly gifted performer of stage and screen, his one eyebrow could say more than most actors entire bodies," Schneider said.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Imagination Library claims 300 million books gifted since its inception.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
A gifted forger can copy a painting, but he cannot copy a craquelure.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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The Imagination Playhouse, a live musical staging of children’s books, promotes her literacy initiative and its work gifting hundreds of millions of free books.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
By gifting you the house, you received your mother’s tax basis rather than a step-up to its fair market value.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Instead, he is putting the extra cash flow into high-yield money-market funds or gifting it to his children.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The new UK book gifting and reading programme has been announced in partnership with the National Literacy Trust, which has the Queen as its patron.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
I don’t think Ma could have spent five minutes in this place without running to her car and gifting it some good, high-quality bookends.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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