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In light of the clashes, the civil grand jury supported the commission’s push to look for outside representation to enforce its role.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The glasses—made in partnership with eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica—are part of Meta’s grand plan to control the next phase of the internet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
What SpaceX’s stock has traded on, experts say, are the grand plans outlined by the company and CEO Elon Musk.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Federal agents delivered subpoenas to some reporters' homes demanding they appear before a federal grand jury investigating a potential crime, the Times said.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
It was a deck nearly as grand as the Princess’s Royal Suite.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
The 19-year-old Italian has a 66-point lead over Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton after winning five of the first six grands prix this year.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
It’s not to be confused with Apple TV’s sports offerings, such as MLS matches, Formula One grands prix, or Friday baseball.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2026
Meadows calls the domaine’s namesake wine an aggregator of the top qualities of all the grands crus, Burgundy’s top-tier vineyards, forming a mystical combination of aromatics and liquid silk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
Mercedes have a major upgrade on their car for this race, which Russell said they expected would be a "decent" step forward for their car, which has won all four grands prix this season.
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
While other children were having their parents or their dentists pull out their baby teeth, I was knocking mine out with my feet when I did grands battements.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
What stood out most was and is their profound appreciation for a grander inspirational source: the world of Studio Ghibli, brought to life by Hayao Miyazaki.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
Some serve as simple repositories for papers and key artifacts from their namesake administration, while others have grander ambitions as museums and cultural destinations.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
He "made my world so much brighter, grander and more delightful than I could have ever understood it to be", she wrote on Instagram.
From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026
Travel agency or not, Costco has grander travel ambitions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
It has crown molding, a marble fireplace, and grander rooms than they have furniture for.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
While Messi has spent his entire life playing for the world’s grandest teams—Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, and Argentina—Vozinha had only turned professional at 25, plying his trade in Angola, Moldova and Cyprus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
Spielberg turned one of science fiction’s grandest ideas — first contact with alien life — into the story of a boy and his weird little space-faring goblin best friend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Folded into the cozy slide-show vibe of Magnason’s home videos and the carefully chosen archival footage, the movie plays like a scrapbook portrait in which home just happens to boast the grandest of backyards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
“It’s fair to say that we haven’t seen yet the spark of genius that you could attribute to some of the grandest proofs in the history of humanity,” Bubeck told me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
“Ain’t that the grandest sky y’all ever seen?”
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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