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Raymond said he was quiet throughout high school and through much of his first two years at USC before he became a consistent starter last season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
As these tiny particles enter Earth's atmosphere at high speed, they heat up and produce the streaks of light we see as meteors.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
While getting retested, I momentarily snapped out of my testosterone delusion and asked him whether overly high T might lead to any health problems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
"Using calcium scans in people who are at high risk is likely to result in unnecessary testing because these individuals are recommended to start a statin regardless of what the calcium scan shows."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
I’m on high alert, trying to arrange the pieces of this puzzle together, but I can’t get them to fit.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Saint-Maximin also sampled the highs as a resurgent Newcastle qualified for the Champions League in his final campaign on Tyneside in 2023.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Long-run Treasury yields cooled slightly but are still hovering near their multiyear highs as investors raised their bets the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates at its meeting next week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Heat and humidity on Friday are expected to fall from peaks on Thursday, with highs across the region dropping 4 to 8 degrees, forecasts show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Oil prices slipped on Friday but remained near four-month highs as retail diesel prices hit a new record.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
My highs and lows depended solely on how much attention he paid to me.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
The agency notes that the true number of people who have been sick with the parasite is likely to be much higher.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
That includes higher risk groups such as South Asian and Filipino adults, Shah noted.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
Businesses are often reluctant to pass on higher energy bills to their customers, according to economist Sung Won Sohn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
There are no known cyclosporiasis outbreaks in California, but officials say case numbers are higher than they expected for this point in the season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
No one noticed me as the workers piled straw higher and higher until it covered the windows and all the light was shut out.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
If that can happen in a domain that requires the highest levels of reasoning, it can happen anywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Together, the three of them had climbed the world's highest peaks, under crisp mountain skies and in treacherous snowstorms.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Nighttime offered little relief in most areas, and scientists believe the humidity may have been the highest ever experienced in the Southland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Scientists say glaciers in the Himalayas, the world's highest mountain range, are melting faster as global temperatures rise.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
In minutes, Mount St. Helens went from being the fifth highest mountain in the state to the ninety-second!
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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