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Outside, the line ran all throughout the walkways, extending past the exit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The bottom line: Prediction markets are being seriously skewed by what their whales are hoping will be the case rather than what they truly believe will come to pass.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
The FBI director’s tribute to Graham included one operational line that had nothing to do with mourning: He wrote that the bureau was “assisting local authorities and has made every necessary resource available.”
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
"I know that they will be pursuing every line of inquiry to ensure that a person, if that person is charged with an offence, can be brought to justice here."
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
We were just a bush line away from Sandy June’s Legendary campgrounds.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
A number of Wall Street banks are also lined up to file, including JP Morgan, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Late in the fourth quarter, Kaluma lined up a three-pointer, setting his feet and scoring from 29 feet out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Then I turned the corner: Freezers lined with beautiful tubbed sauces and pastas.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
Huge crowds lined the streets of the holy city of Mashhad for the burial of Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
I lead the way across a dark street and down a narrow lane lined with trees.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
A dissection is when a tear occurs in the aorta’s inner lining, either in the ascending aorta or the descending one.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
He calls himself an independent Republican cut from the same polar-fleece lining as the state’s maverick GOP senator, Lisa Murkowski.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
High ammonia levels damage the lining of the digestive tract, weakening the intestinal barrier.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
When he was a toddler it was lining them up and organising them.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
As he disappeared behind the lime trees lining the side of our house, I stood trembling in my bare feet, wondering if we’d ever be close again, the way we were before he’d abandoned us.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Vocabulary lists containing line
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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