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The exit music will be a song that was close to Tyler's heart - Mary Hopkin's 1969 hit Those Were The Days.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
I was pitching fine and you don’t pull someone out in the fourth inning just because you need a hit at the time,” John said last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Joshua Baez became the first player in MLB history to hit three home runs in his major-league debut on Saturday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Choir Only Men Aloud will sing her huge hit Total Eclipse of the Heart and Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water, while the congregation will sing hymn Calon Lan.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
I type it into my phone and proofread it three times before I hit send.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
The setlist is largely pulled from 2024's Eternal Sunshine album - at the expense of major hits like God Is A Woman, Problem and Break Up With Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
And in the 5⅔ innings since returning from a procedure to remove “loose bodies” in his right elbow, he has given up 12 hits and three walks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Disney Animation, after its string of 1990s hits like Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King, was in the midst of a creative nadir.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
"Sometimes in science you are trying to find evidence to evaluate a specific hypothesis, and, sometimes, something that you had not been thinking about just hits you in the face."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
We’re not even ten feet away from the ladder when my sneaker hits an especially slick patch where the grass has worn away, and my feet slip.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
As with many private country clubs, admission often comes down to hitting it off with existing members.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
While it has dropped 24.4% in 2026, it has bounced 14% since hitting a one-year low on July 29.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
"It is probably how I'm hitting the water," he added.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The heatwaves pummelling Europe this summer will have costly impacts on industries ranging from agriculture to tourism -- but that hasn't stopped stock markets from hitting all-time highs.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
After hitting send, I crashed on my bed and snuggled into Fig as he slept.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
