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Under a blazing sun, clad in black and clutching portraits of their slain leader Ali Khamenei, Iranian pilgrims streamed across the border into Iraq to observe the Arbaeen, the most revered event in Shia Islam.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

By the time visitors reach the exhibition’s last gallery in this newly renovated museum, which reopened June 30 after a 20-month upgrade, they can’t help but observe the connections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

"I'm getting to sit and observe a master at work up close," Hansard said.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

This allowed them to observe how the mouth responded immediately after each drink was consumed.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

His signature was not the smoking six-shooter; instead, like Sherlock Holmes, he relied upon the startling powers of reason and deduction, the ability to observe what the Watsons of the world merely saw.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

“If Trump’s public pronouncements are his own personal property, he can sell information about them or do whatever he likes with them,” observes business law expert Ann Lipton of the University of Colorado.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

“Mrs. Zajac,” Tracy Kidder observes, “seemed to have a frightening amount of energy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

He observes that new health data is all around, including from Oura rings and smartwatches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

"I got what I wanted and it doesn't sit right," she observes, describing parties full of "big shots and barbies" whose empty talk makes her "ears bleed".

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Pope Leo X observes this and famously says, “Alas, this man will never do anything, because he is already thinking of the end before he has even begun the work.”

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

A friend recently observed that many young, relatively affluent people in his New York City neighborhood—which voted heavily for Zohran Mamdani—dress like hobos and sport Carhartt workwear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

But as one researcher I spoke to observed, if there’s more company creation overall, that can have plenty of upside for jobs—time will tell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Because the outburst was observed in such detail, astronomers were able to watch the feeding process evolve in real time.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

He added: "We observed a number of birds leaving the site but their chicks and nests would not have survived."

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

“As Agatha Swanburne once observed, ‘Peas first, biscuits last, makes for a happy meal,’” she said to herself as she used the letter opener from Beowulf to slit the envelope.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

“The entire time it was operating, there was at least one human observing it,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

Chief Financial Officer Paul Jacobson said consumers have been "very resilient," with the company observing no shifts in vehicle preference due to higher gasoline prices resulting from the US-Iran war.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

"Our goal is to move from observing associations to understanding causality," Vicinanza said.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026

Dean Burnett says embarrassment is the awareness of other people observing you and "could find you lacking"

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Charles Guiteau was close by, intently observing the president from the back of the room.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow