gift
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Hiddleston notes that “one great gift of Pompeii is that the Romans didn’t have paper, so the walls, the columns, the houses, the public buildings are covered in writing: deeds, business contracts, advertisements, gossip, doodles.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
"She chose the August Bank Holiday because she felt it would be a gift for the children of the area to have something to talk about and to experience before going back to school."
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
In other words, is this truly a gift, or does this come with strings attached?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
They were delivered in a box inside a gift bag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
How if I think too hard about that it will become complicated, and how right now I want the gift of uncomplication.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
As well as having glorious natural gifts, he is also Spain's lucky charm.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Of Gen Z homebuyers, 13% used family gifts in order to cover the down payment.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
The OEC would advise the justices on recusal issues, gifts and financial disclosures, and unauthorized disclosure of official court documents, like the Dobbs leak.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026
All of my holiday gifts were Hilary Duff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
No matter which city he was in, Elisha sent lavish gifts for Maggie, addressed to Mother Fox, “I could not resist the temptation of sending the accompanying little trifle of ermine, for Miss Margaretta’s throat.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Those reporters had worked on stories in the days prior about security concerns involving a jet gifted to the U.S. by the Qatari government that was being used as Air Force One.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
To top it all off, the star was gifted a pair of game-worn boots by his idol, external, Cristiano Ronaldo., external A flipping good result.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Musically and vocally gifted, they wring harmonies and beats from an assortment of instruments, mixing genres and styles with an eloquence that surpasses the exposition sprinkled into the lyrics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
The switch raised questions about the gifted jet that the U.S. spent $400 million to retrofit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
“The minds of children are easily read, even gifted children like yourself, Reynard.”
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
Warren Buffett did not donate to the Gates Foundation this year, ending a two-decade run of gifting Berkshire Hathaway shares to the philanthropy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Critics have raised a host of ethical, constitutional and security concerns about the gifting of an aircraft worth hundreds of millions of dollars by a foreign power like Qatar.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Towering over all of them, arms stretched out as if gifting all these heroes to the world, is Chávez.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
The end-to-end nature of the game continued with more sloppy Leinster play gifting Thompson another try.
From BBC ● Apr. 5, 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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