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Following the death of his brother in 2018, Elliott said he was determined not to retire, and, in recent years, has turned his hand to a variety of new opportunities.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
“On the other hand, stablecoins could see increased demand from investors seeking to hold capital in assets with relatively stable value,” Abuagla says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Running back Dean Connors was placed on injured reserve after undergoing surgery for a hand injury suffered against the Chargers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
On the other hand, we can go back to Buffett for an example of how rewarding a steady buyback policy can be.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
Arlo says as he takes her hand and leads her into the dining room.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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That’s always true, but it’s truer when power changes hands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Human hands provide a simple example: Your left and right hands are mirror images, but a left hand cannot fit properly into a right-handed glove.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
Clearly there are plenty of people who do, and plenty of money changes hands in and around it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
A local councillor, who spoke to his mother, said he had been left with "severe burns" to his face and hands.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
So instead of lying down, I prop my elbows on my thighs and let my head collapse into my hands.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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Born to middle-class Christian parents in 1996, a year before Hong Kong was handed over from Britain to China, Wong was politically aware from a young age.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Stock handed to employees as pay can offset the shares a company retires, so I would track shares outstanding to see whether each shareholder’s stake is actually growing.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
They added another bingo session, handed out leftover souvenirs and showed movies on a big screen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
It said the plan to have one part of the new building occupied by March 2027 and the neonatal unit handed over by November 2027 depended on the success of the repair programme.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
If you were born with the teeny-tiny DNA glitch that allowed you to slide in and out of time like a knife through butter, you were handed over to your country’s branch of the Academy.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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Both also said they wanted to revive internal programs the outgoing city attorney had scuttled, such as neighborhood prosecutors and specialized units for handing child abuse and domestic violence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
In handing down her sentence, Judge Hayley Cormann called Silvey's actions "repulsive" and "degrading".
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Running as a third-party Progressive in the 1912 presidential election, Roosevelt challenged his former ally, the institutionally conservative President William Howard Taft, splitting the Republican vote and handing the presidency to progressive Democrat Woodrow Wilson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
They thought they were handing off a task.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
“Here,” he said, handing me a pint of mint chip.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
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