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[giv] / gɪv /






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While Sony keeps all the money the films earn, Marvel benefits from the boost they give to merchandise sales.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

The post sought to downplay the gravity of the situation and opined that investors are likely to give Aschenbrenner the benefit of the doubt.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

Instead, the residents of Mohenjo-daro may have cooperated to give households broad access to the resources needed for a comfortable standard of living.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

The return to direct hostilities followed a brief pause in fighting meant to give talks a boost.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

It could give the guerrillas and the Americans added clues and perhaps an advantage.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

After a rough start, including a run-in with an irritating policeman, she lands at the home of a baker, Osono, who gives her a place to stay in exchange for labor and her delivery services.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

The MLB’s deal with Polymarket gives the platform certain exclusive league-level rights, though the MLB said at the time that it would seek integrity relationships with other prediction-market exchanges offering baseball contracts.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

The study also provides an unusually detailed view of adaptive radiation, the process through which one ancestral species rapidly gives rise to many forms suited to different habitats.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

Cartoon-sized glove gives Dodgers’ pitcher his mojo back.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

At writing class, Erica gives us time to scan through all the entries in our writing notebooks, looking for two or three that have what she calls a “heartbeat.”

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

The FCC, in 2002, gave “The View” the exemption.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

Carol Grantley said finding out her uncle's funeral plan was not valid gave him "a real fear of dying".

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Chief Executive Chris Boerner said the company’s consistent execution and continued momentum gave it the confidence to raise its outlook.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Before she gave a small speech at the picnic, Stevens took a few questions from reporters.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2026

I took Nollie’s blue sweater from my pillowcase, wrapped it around her and gave her a few drops of the vitamin oil.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

In a major blow to the Home Office, the court confirmed on Thursday that it had given the group's co-founder permission to appeal the ban which came into effect in July 2025.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Investors have given Big Tech a long leash to invest in AI over the past few years.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Light morning rain boosted that outlook, though firefighters remained wary given previous flare-ups from smouldering embers in the devastated land, covering a bigger area than the island of Malta.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

But even then, many of those funds had restrictions on how many transactions you could make in any given period.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

The blanket was a poor threadbare affair compared with the ones we had given up, but at least the overcrowding produced its own warmth.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Some features are anchored in subscriptions, aimed at giving automakers a source of recurring revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

By giving merchants and residents a common way to measure goods, the system helped make exchanges more consistent for everyone.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

Díaz earned the save in his first major-league appearance since undergoing surgery to remove loose bodies from his elbow in late April, giving up two hits and a run.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

The CME Group’s FedWatch tool recently was giving a 57% chance for a rate increase at the September meeting.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

He grinned, giving Torak another blast of carrion breath.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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