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“As if I had to go to the back of the line and wait my turn,” Mr. Guimarães says, bewildered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
But construction has been confined to the Central Valley and nowhere is the line operable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
At the same time, the law draws an important line: A surrogate cannot use her own egg to create the embryo she carries.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The analyst’s thesis on these companies is in line with what he views to be a broader industry trend, which is that cybersecurity companies are still “accelerating nicely” but expectations may have gotten too high.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
She presses her lips together to form a tight line, letting me know she is done talking about it.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Bats were lined up for the first innings while Bucknall explained some of beach cricket’s more unusual rules.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Several more who had been lined up outside were not allowed in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
That means Tarik Skubal, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Blake Snell are lined up to start the first three games of the Cincinnati series, which starts Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
They did at least scramble a half point despite loud music being played by an on-course DJ clearly distracting Woad and Noh as they lined up their final putts.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The models lined up and Miss Lacey put us all in order, placing me at the end.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Michel-Edouard Leclerc, head of the leading supermarket chain E.Leclerc, said "refiners are lining their pockets" while it is impossible for retail distributors to compete.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
It’s not even like there’s a huge market of people lining up for a $500 toothbrush, or a dishwasher whose retail price hasn’t even been officially announced yet.
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
They also carried out experiments in mice and cultured cells to investigate how dietary oxalate might influence inflammation in the intestinal lining.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Pakistan may have found a star in the making, a silver lining to a terrible tour.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Right now, Amma'll be lining up to use the bathroom.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - Middle School
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Close Reading: The Art and Craft of Rhetorical Analysis (Chapter 2)
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