idea
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The idea is to ensure that the plan focuses on “ordinary homeowners and not on rebuilding mansions,” according to the brief.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2026
Asked on the same programme whether he agreed with the idea, McFadden said: "I do think we need some legislative underpinning to this."
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026
Louis Vuitton is more resistant to the idea than Gucci, which could delay its recovery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026
"With that intervention we're going backwards, to the idea that France decides," one member of a non-African delegation said Saturday on condition of anonymity.
From Barron's ● Nov. 15, 2026
They still have no idea where they are headed or what they are doing there, only that they’re involved in some sort of cultural military organization.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
The U.S. still retains many advantages, including a constellation of top universities, the most Nobel laureates by a large margin and deeper capital markets for those who want to turn their ideas into companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026
The Italian penalty imposed on Facebook relates to its gallery suggestions feature, available since 2023, which suggests photos and videos from a user's phone gallery as ideas for posts as they are browsing.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
If you wanted an immediate comparison in the Premier League to a coach who resembles Pochettino's ideas in possession, it would be worth looking at Liverpool's Andoni Iraola, who similarly cites Bielsa as his reference.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
And then I’ll have like four ideas in a day, but nothing’s finished.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
I looked around at his congregation of sturdy villagers and farmers and saw that they did not care for such ideas.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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