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"Politicians are dressing for two jobs at once: to look capable of holding office but to also look connected to the people they want to represent," said Joe Zee, a celebrity fashion stylist.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Some said prayers while holding Roman Catholic rosaries and religious images.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
He got even more confused when I told him what the pots were holding: giant-sequoia babies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
She is holding a baby, the youngest of her two kids, and gently snuggling with the child.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
I perch on the stool, finally remembering I’m still holding my phone.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Besides its own direct 10.3% in Nvidia, XLKM’s 66% position in its older sibling gives it another 9.9% in Nvidia indirectly—and so on for each of its top holdings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
VanEck’s TruSector funds may increase their exposure to top holdings by owning large positions in index ETFs, including State Street’s, within their respective sectors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Once Binance replenishes its hot wallets with its own reserves, users’ crypto holdings will be unchanged, Binance said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Alphabet had a market-to-market loss on its SpaceX holdings in the third quarter.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
Many of its fifty-two thousand accounts were offshore holdings, secretly deposited—many without names, just numbers—as tax havens for American citizens.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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