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“It means we can have differences, even profound ones, and still choose dialogue, respect, and our shared humanity,” a spokeswoman for the organizer said in response to questions about opposition to the event.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
They would be able to prevent videos from automatically playing and choose a social media feed that doesn’t display recommended content.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Experts review the evidence, choose a key message, then ask someone else to package it for the public.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
But if he does choose to become the former, he has a long, and expanding, list of coaches from the Basque Country to look at for inspiration.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
And so I let her lead me down to her bedroom, I let her choose a somber navy dress, I let her brush out my hair and pin it back.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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Other times the canvas can still be enormous; what’s small is the intimate story Scott chooses to tell within it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Where your son chooses to go to college matters.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
It’s evident in who chooses to build in America—immigrants have founded more than half its billion-dollar startups, and 60% of its leading private AI firms have at least one immigrant founder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
"And Graham Norton, if he chooses to continue, has got plenty more in the tank."
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
My brain chooses that because Moonie is my favorite dog.
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
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“Ultimately, when I didn’t get what I wanted,” Harris said, “all of us chose Marc.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
In other words, I specifically rejected Contractor A because of his reputation and chose Contractor B because of his reputation.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
What brought the young purple gallinule to the state is up for debate, but it was no surprise it chose one of the largest coastal wetlands in Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Another executive said he didn't remember writing on a slide deck that sometimes Meta chose to pay fines for violating regulations rather than make changes.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
“You chose to go on this quest, Glory Papillon. You might decide what it is you wish to gain from it.”
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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Some of the researchers chosen for the programme, like Guikema, were born and raised in the US.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
“The Rensselaer County Sheriff’s Office has been given every opportunity to follow the law, yet has chosen not to.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
But many Serbs continued to revere a military commander who painted himself as a "simple man" whom fate had chosen to protect his people.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Tree shrews were chosen for the experiments because their eyes have anatomical and optical characteristics that are similar to human eyes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Another popular belief among scientists has been the notion that the crew may have chosen to stay beneath the surface until the ships that came to the Housatonic’s aid left the scene.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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It is the accumulated result of human beings freely choosing to work, create, buy, sell, save and invest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Current dietary guidance generally recommends keeping saturated fat below 10% of daily calories and choosing unsaturated fats when possible.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Even Ken Paxton is choosing his words carefully.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
But Morris Pearl, a former managing director at investment firm BlackRock, said the idea that people were choosing not to invest in the city because of the tax was "absurd".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Instead, some of us had begun calling ourselves “Negroes,” a term more of our choosing, though still not perfect.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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