finishing
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Keaton purchased the home for $6.6 million in 2021, offloading it just a year later for $7.9 million after finishing renovations.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Julian Hirsch, 28, who is finishing a Ph.D. in archaeology at Hebrew University, made aliyah this year because his fieldwork doesn’t exist anywhere else at comparable scale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The problem with finishing a movie about Elon Musk, of course, is that Elon Musk keeps going.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The curse of finishing second passed down to his son who had already turned professional by the time his father claimed the last of those near misses in 2010.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
As a finishing touch, she writes a catchphrase: “Fun for kids! Fun for you!”
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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Engineering - Middle School
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Engineering - High School
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