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But the figure - in line with economists' expectations - is below the 0.6% expansion recorded in the first three months of this year.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The consumer-price index, excluding volatile food and energy prices, rose 0.2% on the month, in line with expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Grok 4.6 achieved a score in line with OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol model, but not quite as good as Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5 and Fable 5 models, according to Artificial Analysis.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Who will line up to the left of center Tyler Biadasz remains to be determined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
A line is drawn between their center point to lay out a hypothetical path for the tamping iron.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Civilians and soldiers, sat behind the wheels of the vehicles, lined up, waiting for the pumps to reopen.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Once you've lined up the hole in the foil with the Sun, you should see an image of it on the screen at the bottom.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Netflix already has 20 projects lined up in New Jersey, Bajaria said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
He said Wintermute USA, which has already lined up ETF issuers as clients, aims to rival top market-making firms Jump Trading, Jane Street and Citadel Securities in three to five years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Only this time, that uncertainty was lined with panic.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
He labelled rogue bankers as "half-wits" and said the dams and flood dykes lining the Yangtze River were as "flimsy and porous as tofu dregs".
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
He waved to the crowd of nearly 700 lining the street in support.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
But the pine trees lining Krystal Polk's home, in her family for generations, don't protect her from the data center's deafening drone, which sounds like a jet that never takes off.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
In late April, the Kushner-backed group put construction fencing at the environmentally protected peninsula’s edges, lining it with spools of razor wire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
In a move that caught everyone’s attention, she cut the woolly lining out of her men’s boots and sewed it onto her coat to make a decorative collar.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - Introductory
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