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Fewer than half, 46%, of those under the age of 30 said they would definitely fill out the census.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
The Brooklyn native said he had been waiting half an hour in line to cancel his flight at the Delta lounge desk in LaGuardia Airport and get a refund.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Number eight Jasper Wiese was shown a 20-minute red card early in the second half for a tucked-shoulder charge, but it had the opposite effect to derailing the world champions.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
MarketWatch put to Sels the success of a portfolio that’s half in technology and half in energy, championed by former Enron energy trader John Arnold.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
She and her husband lived about a mile and a half from the Beje, outside the cramped old center of the city.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The exhibition, which opened Sunday in East Hollywood, aims to unify both halves of his work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
They had passed up plenty of chances to win their 2026 Rugby League World Cup opener and had arguably been the better side for the opening 20 minutes of both halves.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Using that structural information, the chemists were able to make the connection between the molecule's two halves more rigid.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
“You could have folded a picture of them, and the two halves would’ve matched,” Herzog writes.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
The Indian Being, undefined and indefinable, finding itself alone, fearing death, yearning for company, began to swell in size, rearranged itself inside, and then split into two identical halves.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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