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Tresnjak’s production, which utilizes the 1956 adaptation by Maurice Valency, centers on the small town of Güllen, which is facing financial ruin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
A newly elected £79,000-a-year police commissioner is facing criticism for announcing a 127-date national theatre tour.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Wall Street Journal reported last month that Weil was facing multiple partner defections, and was expected to lose several private-equity focused partners to rivals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The researchers say the work addresses a central problem facing the field: efficiently producing and controlling quantum states that are capable of helping correct errors.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Ms. Emerson gestures to a chair facing her desk.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
The wooden bleachers and facings from those days still remain within the shell of a modern building.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026
In exchange for room and board, he studied how to create stone facings for houses; the work entailed learning how to collect appropriate rocks and then fit them into the available spaces.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2017
Its impressive exterior features a Canadian-limestone façade and details such as copper roof lines, copper window facings, three-foot eaves, and stone walls.
From Architectural Digest ● Sep. 12, 2014
Outside, lights twinkle and thick flakes fall, clinging to stone facings, copper trim and balconies flanking a narrow pedestrian boulevard caked thickly with snow.
From Time Magazine Archive
The scarlet tunic, with its pale blue facings, the white crossbands on his chest, the white breeches, made him feel like a different person.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
