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"Economic interdependence, in this sense, constrains the scope for coordinated measures as these would impose significant commercial costs or provoke direct economic retaliation from China."

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

All eyes will be on bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the gathering, where Bessent is set to make direct appeals to counterparts on Iran.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

On display as well is the artist’s most direct expression of concern about the state of the union.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

All told, the U.S. aluminum sector anchors roughly 700,000 direct, indirect and induced jobs, with over $228 billion in economic output.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

He felt that he couldn’t lie if asked a direct question, and yet if he simply refused to answer, the assumption was that he was hiding something crucial.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Rather than proposing a dedicated decision-making system that directs behavior, James suggests that sensory, sensorimotor, and motor processes together produce what he calls 'action selection.'

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

A second part of the executive order directs DHS to create its own lists, which would be made available to the states.

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

Dave Green directs this live-action and animation hybrid based on Ian Frazier’s 1990 humor piece for the New Yorker, featuring performances from Will Forte, John Cena and Lana Condor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

“There’s a lot of uncertainty in the labor market,” said Balaji Padmanabhan, who directs the Center for Artificial Intelligence in Business at the University of Maryland.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Ms. Washington’s big into theater—she always directs the musicals up at the high school—and loves it when kids turn their presentations into performances.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

The SCO's founding declaration says the group is "not an alliance directed against other states".

From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026

Despite that negative sentiment towards the monarchy, Vagle said criticism was rarely directed at the late king personally, leaving her with the impression that "everyone has loved King Harald".

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

The movie is written and directed by a cis man, and stars a cis woman.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

Lawmakers said their review of unredacted files showed it was the same woman Epstein had directed to buy a Snow White costume weeks earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

“Pass your homework to the person in front of you,” she directed.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

Eventually John meets his fate by falling through a portal into an abandoned mall, then following signs directing him to a manager’s office hidden in its bowels.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

“It’s a step in the right direction,” said Chantel Johnson, directing advocate at Youth Law Center, which advocates for youth in foster homes and juvenile detention centers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Sastry Durvasula, chief operating officer of TIAA, said the financial services organization is directing resources toward the areas where Gartner shows growth accelerating, including AI-optimized infrastructure, cloud platforms and intelligent software.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

It has also said mayors will get a "bigger say" over how housing funding is spent in their area, with the government directing national agency Homes England to focus on local mayors' priorities.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

There’s another roadblock up ahead, and soldiers directing people down another suburban funnel that leads either back to the high school, or to an “overflow facility” that will be the last place to see water.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman