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The president stopped by to check on the negotiations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Customers have been strongly advised by the operator to check their journey before travelling.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
At nearby tents, screening teams check passengers' temperatures and look for symptoms of the hemorrhagic fever.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Given that she has just lost her job and her income has dropped substantially, tell her to check both BadgerCare Plus and ACA Marketplace plans before committing to COBRA.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
That sounded like fun, and any other time, he’d check it out.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Officials are now moving swiftly to prevent panic and restore confidence by carrying out spot checks on markets across the country.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
The 73-year-old, who was also a former Pakistan cricket captain, was transferred back to jail on Friday hours after he was taken to hospital for court-ordered medical checks.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
The company is now “temporarily focusing our menu on what we’re confident we can deliver, adding quality checks before boxes ship, and making progress with our partners to fix what’s broken,” said a Wonder spokesman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
More than 7 million checks have been mailed since the company began payments last month, with another 3.8 million scheduled to go out this week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
The countdown kept stopping as technicians made final checks.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
For each cup of pretzels, he uses three cups of chex.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
How many cups of pretzels and how many cups of chex does he need to make 12 cups of party mix?
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
Eli is making a party mix that contains pretzels and chex.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
The sample is checked for tiny amounts of blood that cannot be seen with the naked eye.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
"Only his eye was checked, nothing else," she added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
One decision tugged at another, and by the time I checked out, dinner had become rigatoni with chicken, spinach and sun-dried tomato sauce.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, led a team on Tuesday which checked the presence of uranium metal at a site that Damascus disclosed just last month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Aunt Melissa stands, smoothing her blue and red checked dress.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
However, as co-trustee of her trust, my name is on her checking and savings accounts, as well as her brokerage account, all of which the trust owns.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Conservation teams and experts were checking Granada's Alhambra palace, a UNESCO-listed jewel of medieval Islamic architecture and the seat of Spain's last Muslim kingdom, the site wrote on X.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Davies adds that if you want a proper break, "say so clearly - something like 'I won't be checking emails during this time'."
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Later that evening, as the women settled into the villa, they began checking their phones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
She pulled out her phone, checking to see if the light would be okay for the shot.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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