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[hou] / haʊ /


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This is how her Gemini Venus makes all of her multidisciplinary artistic practices coalesce into one cohesive universe.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Freedom of Information requests were submitted to all of Scotland's councils to ask how many fixed penalty notices had been issued by Trading Standards over the past 10 years.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

“I had to come, especially when it’s being tried in L.A. I want to learn about the case, I also want to learn how to be a good lawyer.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Beyond the weekend, there is some uncertainty about how long the warmth will hold on.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

I’m not sure how I expected her to react, but it wasn’t with a big smile.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

“The hows and the wherefores can wait, but it’s OK to say that I won that battle … by a story means that I wasn’t expecting.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

Physicists believe that there must have been some primordial imbalance that allowed matter to dominate the universe, yet the hows and whys remain open questions.

From Scientific American Sep. 27, 2023

This thoughtfully inclusive guide makes a great starting place, supplying the hows and whys of creating an edible garden to further our personal resilience, strength and healing.

From Seattle Times May 12, 2023

Its producer Chandni Ahlawat Dabas of India Today Originals Production says there were "whats, whys and hows" around this crime that still seemed unbelievable.

From BBC May 2, 2023

I have to hear the hows and whys and what-ifs.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi




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