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After a meditation in an attic, she sat down to an elaborate candlelit dinner and shared stories of her grief with strangers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
The celebrations also bring families and friends together for prayers, elaborate feasts and the exchange of gifts, and lots of traditional Indian sweets.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
An oversized island invites endless possibilities to prepare elaborate meals, present a delicious spread of provisions, or simply appreciate the vastness while sipping a morning coffee.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
The elaborate system makes it difficult for banks to know payments are connected to Iran, said Miad Maleki, a former senior Treasury official now at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Each time they came upon a tantalizing long shot, one of them set to work on making the case for it, in an elaborate presentation, complete with PowerPoint slides.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Of the new album, one of its highlights is the buoyant corrido “Terca,” which elaborates on a short story in the memoir about Venegas’ move to Mexico City.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
Singh elaborates on the connection young people felt to hip-hop’s deeper tradition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
When questioned on this by her guest, Queer Eye's Tan France, she elaborates on what she likes to cook.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
"In our devices, electrons propagate in two opposite directions within the same nanoscale space and without scattering," Dr Barrier elaborates.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024
A note elaborates that Tío Alejandro was the one who used to own English saddle horses and taught you four girls to ride.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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Both the Russian and Ukrainian sides repeatedly thanked Melania Trump for brokering the ceasefire, though neither elaborated on the nature or extent of her involvement.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
On Friday, the Federal Reserve’s chair, Kevin Warsh, elaborated on his plan to curb inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
In his few public appearances since taking office, Warsh has said the committee is committed to delivering price stability, but has not elaborated on how it would do so or when it may intervene.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Dr. Stuart Weiss, a Manhattan endocrinologist, elaborated in an email: “Bigger muscles are not necessarily stronger.”
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2026
The teacher elaborated on the meaning of the display, the other children pointed and jeered at Skipper John’s garish smile—and Maisie’s face twitched in fear.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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She may have contracted the disease from a broken test tube, the outlet reported, without elaborating.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
As many as 200 people with whom she may have had contact were under quarantine, the People of Baikal outlet added, without elaborating.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Xi said they had common understanding on issues without elaborating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
"It's a difficult situation," she said, adding that the US federal government was "helping us out", without elaborating.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Joe, conscious of the kids watching him over the rims of their Dixie cups, found himself elaborating on the things he remembered fondly.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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