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[gift] / gɪft /




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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

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

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

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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