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IBF light middleweight champion Oshae Jones seems the logical next step; or IBF, WBO and The Ring middleweight belt holder Tammara Thibeault of Canada.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
After getting the green light, Worthe pulled back, and his permit expired.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
When the revs and loads are light, the engine control shuts down the rear bank of cylinders to save fuel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Gloucestershire were dismissed for 250 in their second innings in the closing stages of Saturday, with visiting coach Mark Alleyne claiming the light was already too poor before his team were all out.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
“Did you follow the light in the exact direction I told you?”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Others think the unknown particles are lighter and faster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
A gravimeter can detect differences in density, allowing researchers to distinguish the denser surrounding rock from the much lighter buried ice.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
While the Jayhawks’ range of historic sounds is revisited, so is the outfit’s tendency to mix darker or lighter music against the grain of the words, in unexpected ways.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Chilly nights will continue to be a feature over the weekend but with more sunshine and lighter winds, daytime temperatures will climb.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
His golden-brown skin is several shades lighter than mine, and his hair, raven-black, is freshly cut in a top fade.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
Their central supermassive black holes may then have become locked in a gravitational struggle that launched the lightest black hole toward the edge of the combined galaxy.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
By contrast, the lightest Specs model weighs 132 grams.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
It was befitting of an important office job, with only the lightest indicators of riches and omnipotence.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
On May 28, GoPro announced that its new Mission 1 line of products was available, describing the series as "the world's smallest, lightest, and most rugged 8K and 4K Open Gate cinema cameras."
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Instead he wore a fine shirt of lovely cloth and a long coat of the lightest of wool.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
He admits he wrote to an associate choreographer asking if there was a solution — possibly making them from plastic foam — and was politely reminded that they would be lighted on fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
There is also a sizable swimming pool overlooking a fenced, lighted tennis court, as well as a serene pond with a charming bridge pathway running over it.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Now in the collection of the Art Institute, this painting—the first of Zurbarán’s 12 crucifixions—hung for almost 200 years behind a grille in a dimly lighted monastic sacristy in Seville.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The brightly lighted, meticulously organized Pasadena store is colorful, spacious and designed to be exactly the kind of place that makes women drop major cash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Our conference was held in the state parlour, which was feebly lighted by one candle.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
So I came home eager to remind everyone that we have something special in California, and that we should all be lighting candles on the cake celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Coastal Act.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
These corridors would include infrastructure such as shared sinks, power, lighting, shade and restrooms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
He suggests experimenting using lightbulbs or strip lighting with different tones.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
But the glass on vitrines is nonreflective; lighting is state of the art; and windows, once masked by curtains, now reveal the landscape, thanks to UV-filtering film.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Bystanders watched as the mansion was engulfed in flames, lighting up the night sky.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
"It was such a special moment when Gracie received her certificate. Her face lit up, she was waving at everybody. She's really proud of it," said Emma.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
His zest for life was palpable, accented by his pearly smile across the dimly lit windowless lounge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
They are three people who watched the fire get lit and, by their own contemporaneous words, knew exactly what was burning.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
The pair trade that saw investors go long chips and short software lit up the stock market for much of 2026.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
It shut out the light, so I lit candles.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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