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Part of the criticism of England under McCullum and former captain Ben Stokes was their inability to adapt to the changing situations of Test cricket, as well as a lack of attention to detail.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

“Trust them. Don’t, for lack of a better word, be a prude about it.”

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

Helicopter pilots are trained to stay away from those conditions because, in case of trouble like engine failure, the lack of altitude and forward momentum gives the pilot little recourse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

There are also two very different reasons someone can lack the antigen.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

In the case of these short, stout creatures, it is because of their explicit lack of cunning that they refuse to cower, no matter the size of the threat.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

The breakthrough established MAL as a human blood group system and gave doctors a new way to identify the exceptionally rare people whose blood lacks the AnWj antigen.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

NPR described the outcome as a striking rejection of the FDA’s stance, pointing out that every one of these compounds lacks the large, well-controlled clinical trials required to prove safety and effectiveness in humans.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

What is different from traditional automation isn’t that the machine lacks accountability, but that it can now make choices that look increasingly like those made by an accountable person.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

“It is the leading edge of a system that lacks accountability, effective monitoring, and prioritizes inputs rather than outcomes.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

It is often said that nature has no disdain, and therefore the natural death lacks the concept of anger, of revenge, of meanness, and that it is even sometimes—shudder—beautiful.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

Hershey has faced similar litigation over other seasonal Reese’s candies, including ghost-shaped chocolates without depicted facial features and football-shaped candies that lacked the laces shown on their packaging.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

An official inquiry into a Pakistan hospital fire that killed 14 babies last month has found the neonatal unit lacked fire alarms and sprinklers, while firefighters reported that escape routes were "locked or obstructed".

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Government spokeswoman Maud Bregeon noted that around one in ten filling stations in France lacked at least one fuel, with the vast majority of them TotalEnergies stations.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

It also found that the county lacked a “wildfire personal protective equipment stockpile or distribution model,” which slowed that process.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

The old rivalry was still there; it just lacked the cordiality.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

But Amanda Seyfried’s Karen, a creative-writing teacher of convicts in Oklahoma, is nonetheless drawn to this man, someone who pays her the attention she is otherwise lacking.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

He might find them, but his team is lacking ideas, conviction, composure, physical and psychological heft, creativity, ruthlessness and stomach for a fight.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The announcement marked a new stage in the major powers' rush for military space capabilities, driven by rapid technological advancements but lacking a comprehensive legal framework.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

They found that the bot sounded more extroverted than Richard, but that it was lacking in his humor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

The same pattern repeated itself elsewhere in the world, whenever peoples lacking native wild mammal species suitable for domestication finally had the opportunity to acquire Eurasian domestic animals.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond