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Despite their elaborate efforts at secrecy and unaccountability, Flock works through government contracts.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Jansen loves the elaborate Greek ferry system that connects most of the country’s inhabited islands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Journalists and some White House staff on board did not know the US president had been smuggled out as part of an elaborate ruse in response to a possible Iranian threat.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Some of those spots host elaborate holiday light displays that require set-up in late October.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
These were so elaborate and so much fun that people remembered them for years.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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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
Instead, it thoughtfully elaborates on the stage show, which opened on Broadway in 2003.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024
“Face to Face” elaborates on this possible evidence as well as leads Peterson and his supporters claim paint a different picture from that which the prosecution used to secure Peterson’s conviction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024
Gray elaborates by pointing out that when climate change raises sea levels, the impact will not be limited to people living on the coasts.
From Salon ● May 24, 2024
The meadow lark, with three hundred notes to work with, arranges these in phrases of three to six notes and elaborates fifty types of song.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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Davis also elaborated on the shooting to the media, detailing information to reporters in interviews.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Dr. Stuart Weiss, a Manhattan endocrinologist, elaborated in an email: “Bigger muscles are not necessarily stronger.”
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2026
He has elaborated on the philosophy in a handful of recent public appearances, and he is writing a book—due out in October—to defend it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Netanyahu elaborated on Israel's security concerns in his post.
From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026
Hand-clapping songs, circle games and dances in which narrative movements are used were performed and elaborated on generation after generation by children and youngsters.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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"It's a difficult situation," she said, adding that the US federal government was "helping us out", without elaborating.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
A spokesman for the Turkish Defense Ministry told reporters Thursday that work on the issue was continuing, without elaborating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The Texas senator similarly held a private meeting with Blanche, a conversation he described simply as “positive,” without elaborating which direction he’s leaning on Blanche’s confirmation.
From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2026
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said Thursday in a written statement that he had approved the deal despite having a "different view", without elaborating.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
And when April and Melanie started tossing the idea back and forth, decorating and elaborating the way they always did, it Worked just the way it was supposed to.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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