master
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The lodge's senior officer, worshipful master Rodney Cubitt, said the attacks had an affect on its charity fundraising efforts, which had to be run during the day to avoid the risk of attack.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
“Carrie,” developed by Mike Flanagan, the streaming world’s master of horror, attempts something similar but even more extreme.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
He’s also a master at disguising who is actually coming after the quarterback to confuse linemen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
The TeamLab building will be visible from the freeway, and is being designed by Smith-Clementi, OCVibe’s master planners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
This time we were with the master, and the mood in the boat was different.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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Outside the cafe in the park, when the gas has cleared, 27-year-old activist Sidorela Vatnikaj, a masters student, describes her typical day.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
“I’ve had multiple phone calls from harbor masters and fire chiefs in Southern California over the past week, saying, ‘Why is the harbor flooding?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Pointedly reminiscent at times of movies by such masters as Alfred Hitchcock and Michael Mann, the film is a classically crafted, period-evocative drama of often claustrophobic emotional tension.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Then there's this, he said: AI models are getting better and better at detecting when they are being tested and might behave differently when they are actually deployed, fooling their masters.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
But the Germans were our masters now, until our allies the British and the French arrived to drive them out.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
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One of the world's most versatile actors, he mastered both comedy and tragedy, science-fiction and historical drama - despite the entertainment industry's traditional dislike of bald heads.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
For students who haven’t yet mastered a skill, it can be an obstacle to learning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Pyongyang has mastered sanctions evasion and generated billions of dollars in illicit funds, including having cyberoperatives land remote work at U.S. companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
It’s been a long time since we’ve seen anything like that from a press secretary, but no one has mastered the dark art of hucksterism with Leavitt’s aplomb.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
As far back as 3500 B.C., the Sumerians, the original inhabitants of this area, mastered irrigation and flood control to create a fertile oasis amid the sandy plains of what is now Iraq.
From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell
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We were four days out from mixing or from mastering the album, and Carlos rang me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Horton said he is focused on informing fans and mastering the fundamentals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
AI can also still be used for mastering songs and, for example, using drum machines and auto tune.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
After mastering the accumulation phase of your wealth journey, managing the distribution phase can get increasingly tricky.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
But he was mastering the river, and he felt he was being guided.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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