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[leyt] / leɪt /






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She feels comfortable getting home from jobs late at night.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

The first time I remember hearing Barack Obama’s name was in late 2006 or early 2007.

From Slate Sep. 9, 2026

Under a new model unveiled by Beijing late last month, developers will collect only a small initial deposit, granting buyers the right to walk away from a purchase if their homes aren’t delivered on time.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

The final sale price represents a staggering $5.3 million discount from the $10.95 million Behar originally sought when she first put the historic home on the market in late 2024.

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

‘Hord found out. By then it was too late.’

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Just over 100,000 people from Sudan, Ukraine and Lebanon still have TPS protections until later this year, the vast majority of them Ukrainians.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Eight years later, “Showgirls” poked fun at the entertainment industry and America’s cultural prudishness.

From Salon Sep. 9, 2026

Seven days later, Gabriel followed up with a completely different, but even better effort.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

New players have also entered the rush: Ivory Coast named its first space agency director last month and will host the African Space Expo later this month.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

“He can come back later, another time,” I told her.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

That’s close to how you pronounce the new starter at quarterback there, Tyler Shough, whose last name sounds like “shuck,” as in shucking oysters.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Shough might have been the Day One starter last season but lost out to Spencer Rattler.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Signorello Estate — a Napa Valley winery that rebuilt after becoming the poster child of the Atlas fire when its tasting room burned to the ground — filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

I thought Ford would take it last year, but voters instead gave us the delightful surprise of a Jeff Hiller win for “Somebody Somewhere.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

“I’ve been trying to get the nerve to ask you out since last year.”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

In a sense, this is just the latest rejoinder in an ongoing fight.

From Slate Sep. 9, 2026

It comes after the Financial Times reported, external Anthropic withheld its latest model from the AI Safety Institute, which tests AI.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

Deutsche Bank’s Jim Reid said all of the latest developments have “left investors growing more concerned about further disruption and pricing a longer period of high energy prices.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

The latest example comes from Qualtrics, which later today will announce its new XM Data and AI platform.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

In New York City, the first-ever display of the latest automobile models was about to open.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler




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