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Railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt gave comparatively little, apart from the $1 million that founded the university bearing his name.
From Barron's β Oct. 26, 2026
After repeatedly singing the former midfielder's name, as soon as he was out of view they turned on the players.
From BBC β Oct. 25, 2026
The film, inspired by Colin Meloy's book of the same name, is an ode to Portland, where Laika is based.
From Barron's β Oct. 25, 2026
Furthermore, visual noise is also growing: riots, demonstrations, online videos, stickers on automobiles and arms full of tattoos, to name a few.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 23, 2026
She asks again if his name is Father Julien, and if he is a La Salette priest.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Shoppers, often from profiles with traditionally male names, would inform me that a supermarket had apparently run out of tomatoes in every conceivable form.
From Salon β Oct. 25, 2026
Different cultures use different names for the 12 or 13 full Moons across the lunar calendar, but many of the common ones we use today originate from Native American cultures.
From BBC β Oct. 23, 2026
But this elite group is otherwise dominated by less familiar names, such as Lam Research, Cadence Design Systems, Idexx Laboratories and Trimble.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 23, 2026
Crumbl has reached customers by embracing third-party delivery and establishing celebrity partnerships with big names, including Kendall Jenner and Olivia Rodrigo.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 23, 2026
Below that is a list of names placed in the same positions as the people on the opposite side.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
The man was later named as 82-year-old Jim Wither, who was reported missing from Johnstone, Renfrewshire.
From BBC β Oct. 25, 2026
Alaska courts have rejected efforts to remove the similarly named candidate from the ballot.
From Salon β Oct. 25, 2026
These visions are known as Lilliputian hallucinations, named after the miniature inhabitants of "Gulliver's Travels," who stand just 6 inches tall.
From Science Daily β Oct. 25, 2026
It is also not yet clear whether the system will be strong enough to be named as another storm.
From BBC β Oct. 25, 2026
“Poppy petals,” Clare said, having named them for their wavy crimson tops.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
She’s unafraid to go deep and dark, naming feelings and investigating mistakes.
From Salon β Oct. 23, 2026
An "impartial American media organization" would accompany Russian and Ukrainian teams to ensure residents' wishes were respected, she added, without naming the outlet.
From Barron's β Oct. 23, 2026
Mrs. Paxton released an ad professing to address “the elephant in the room,” in which she urged Texans to get “the whole team across the finish line”—without naming her estranged husband.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 22, 2026
Hokkaido Shimbun ran a report on the arrest without naming the reporter, but did not comment further on the incident.
From BBC β Oct. 14, 2026
They began as mutual friends and admirers, even naming fossil species after each other, and spent a pleasant week together in 1868.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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