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Just as the organizers had hoped, the demonstration caught the attention of users on X and other social-media platforms, where some contrasted the relatively tame demonstration with the more chaotic protests unfolding in Europe.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
Although cosmic expansion and the microwave background have been studied extensively, measurements of primordial helium have historically received less attention.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
Both involve questions about what Americans eat, but investigating foodborne illness requires a rather different kind of governmental attention.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
"I think there's a lot of things to say about where we're focussing our attention and where we're putting our money."
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
I don’t want him to think I wasn’t paying attention.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
But as Savinho takes the next step in his career, City are turning their attentions to the future.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Many analysts wonder whether the AI-tied stocks can continue to monopolize investors’ attentions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
He launched an attempt to breed pandas in captivity but, to his despair, London's Chi Chi repeatedly spurned the attentions of Moscow's An An.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
Instead of courting major movie roles, the actor has instead focused his attentions on more independent projects while also building a family with Song, whom he met in 2014.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 20, 2026
Or: His attentions were both pleasing and flattering. comprise.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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