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On the other hand, the editor could automate those tasks and focus their energy on generating new ideas that appeal to their audience, something AI would struggle with.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
On the one hand: soaring exports, advanced manufacturing and cutting-edge technology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
While it was natural for Argentina to start chasing the game, England have been criticised for seeming to hand their opponents the initiative.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Outgoing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday pledged his "wholehearted support" to his successor as he prepares to hand over to premier-in-waiting Andy Burnham.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
He wraps his hand around the biggest piece of fruit and takes it, just as Joey predicted.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
On Thursday, the UK government said that taking the loss-making firm into public hands would protect jobs and safeguard a "vital national capability".
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The day you reach the summit, nobody hands you a new one, so the muscle you spent four decades building keeps firing at the wrong target.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
This is precisely why dedicated Letterboxd users fear a potential sale: If Netflix, Sony or Paramount gets its hands on the platform, Letterboxd is likely to go the way of everything else those companies touch.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Symbols that the pioneering assemblage artist has been “remixing” for more than seven decades — stars, moons, eyes, hands — emerge in vibrant washes of magenta, teal and her favored crepuscular blues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Father missed his mother he never knew; but Grandpa sang him lullabies, holding him close with rough but gentle hands.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Locke, 22, jokes that a lot of the time people are just handed producer credits, but clarifies "we actually put some effort in and took it seriously".
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Maddy Inez describes the sketchbook regimen handed down from her grandmother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
For years I did the loud thing, or rather the version of it men like me are handed — which is to say nothing, let the pressure build and call the silence strength.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Zelensky handed Graham a traditional Ukrainian shirt—a vyshyvanka.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
When Oliver handed my book back to me, I took it and stuffed it into my bag.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
He proposed a new No 10 unit in Manchester, where a team would be tasked with handing local government more control in areas including housing and transport.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
“San Marcos” sets the scene as the first track, before handing the listener off to “De Colores.”
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
He said he has given away several sets over the years, though he didn’t recall handing that particular pair to Orchid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
While checks might feel familiar or secure, you’re ultimately handing over your account and routing numbers that are printed on the small slip of paper.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Many nights my last waking sight would be Eusie in long robe and tasseled nightcap, handing his day clothes through the secret panel.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
