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They are volunteers who selflessly give up their time to keep London safe.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Brescia O’Rear said she is holding on to a little more cash these days, but the fears of a potential AI overbuild don’t keep her up at night.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Before his incarceration, Magaña managed to keep his mental health struggles mostly contained with medication for years, Alejandra said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
Presidents, of course, have to keep working wherever they are.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026
Another secret I wish I didn’t know and would rather not keep.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
"A bit confused why the sport keeps doing different things depending on who is out in Q1 or who is out in lap one."
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
But the law keeps thwarting them, and the Hutchinson case could become the latest example.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
He frames his deeply researched four-hour psych eval “Musk” as the reality check we all need when the world’s richest, most cult-powerful human keeps pushing migration to Mars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
A car sold to a customer brings in cash on delivery; a car Tesla keeps for its robotaxi service earns its money gradually, one ride at a time.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
He keeps his hair long on top, a volcano of tight curls, the same style his dad used to wear.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
“They kept us in games when we weren’t scoring. Not surprised.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
Israel has reduced its level of attacks but has kept striking Gaza on a near-daily basis.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
HM Revenue and Customs seized the cigarettes from a unit he kept in Elkington Street, in the Aston area of Birmingham, during a raid in February 2019.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Binance had previously investigated Oimakhmadov for “sanctions exposure” over his transactions with an Iranian money exchange called Aban Tether, but kept him as a client “while applying a risk-based approach,” according to the report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
After his examination, doctors kept him in a locked room, fearing he had leprosy.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
What makes the automation campaign so tricky is keeping warehouses in service while they are re-engineered, said Rob Montgomery, head of supply-chain operations for Walmart U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
A 3-1 victory is a pleasing result, but given the gulf in class, Wiegman admitted frustrations at not keeping a clean sheet.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
“There’s a pathology going on here that is so out of keeping with the dignity that ought to characterize the taking of a life as a result of a legal process,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
For someone whose notoriety has twice become inseparable from who he’s married to, Pitt’s choice to play gruff loners feels noticeably calculated, keeping an arm’s distance between his work and the audience.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
In keeping with the elegant surroundings, a deep red damask cloth draped the table, almost to the floor.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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