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You’ll find all different kinds of fonts and found art and fine art, and it’s all integrated in a blender for your mind to spit back out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
The fine print: Can cause short-term itching in the scalp.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
So how do you walk that fine line?
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Some things are silly, and will be just fine remaining that way.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
With his good hand he touched his clan-tattoos, tracing the pair of fine dotted lines that followed each cheekbone.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Coarser material settles first and forms the lower portion of a layer, while finer sediment gradually settles above it.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
It would also be wise to brush up on the finer points of your home insurance policy, as your coverage may have changed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Though not everyone seemed to have grasped the game’s finer points.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
But the problem with that is, when you’re always examining the finer details, you miss the bigger, beautiful picture.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
She held up a dress finer than the others, white going yellow with age.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
“Formerly home to music icon Tom Petty and superstar Selena Gomez, this spectacular estate offers distinctive architecture crafted with exceptional attention to detail and the finest quality,” the listing added.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
The four-time Grand Slam champion's victory over American third seed Jessica Pegula in the semi-finals was her finest display in months, playing with a fire and freedom that had been missing previously.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Remarkably, evidence of that ancient meal survived in fossilized feces, preserving what researchers describe as the finest feather specimen yet discovered from the age of dinosaurs.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
“When this happens,” Polybius wrote, “the state will change its name to the finest sounding of all, freedom and democracy; but will change its nature to the worst thing of all, mob-rule.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
He looked at her face, to see if she could be trusted with the griffin, the finest living thing he’d ever met.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
In one county, for instance, an agricultural commissioner fined a farmer $2,000 for failing to provide safety training for workers who applied pesticides in fields.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
The maximum sentence for the charge was four years in prison, but Alexandrou said the court should take previous cases into account where defendants had been fined or received a suspended sentence.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Instead of a seller being fined for misrepresenting their goods, the shipment would be returned.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
The league fined the franchise $30 million and stripped it of five first-round draft picks for “flagrant violations” of salary-cap rules to pay superstar Kawhi Leonard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Often he fished in those parts of Indian Creek that ran near his home, but he was fined several times for doing so without a license, and eventually gave that up.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
He is accused of violating Kalshi’s rules regarding insider trading and market manipulation, fining him more than $71,000.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
In 2016, Ashley admitted to MPs that workers at his Derbyshire warehouse had been paid below the minimum wage and a policy of fining staff for being late was unacceptable.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Officials have overhauled the management of brick kilns, a major source of black carbon emissions, and taken other measures such as fining drivers of high-emission vehicles and incentivising farmers to stop agricultural burning.
From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026
Ethics investigators have recommended that the commission take a more punitive approach by fining Lee about $138,000 and holding him responsible for all 10 counts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2025
The man went around the dining room making up reasons for fining people.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
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