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Voters seem open to Medicare for All in the abstract.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Officials plan to consult on whether exact salaries will have to be displayed, or potentially a pay range or "benchmark rate" for open roles.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Yamal won a first-half penalty that Mikel Oyarzabal converted to open the scoring.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Looking ahead: “Energy saved the day in June, but that might become ancient history if the Strait of Hormuz doesn’t open soon,” said David Russell, global head of strategy at TradeStation.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
His mouth is open and has been for a good twenty seconds.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
It also froths milk and makes cold foam, which opens up even more possibilities for a build-your-own drink bar.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
It opens with pirate ships in battle, swiftly followed with a lush tropical island on a sunny day.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Revocable trusts allow the person who opens it to retain control during their lifetime and amend it, revoke it or move assets in and out of it, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Brian Hurton had an aortic dissection - when a tear opens up in the body's main artery - on 18 November last year.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
She opens her mouth to say something, but Dad lays on the horn and makes hand gestures telling me to hurry up.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Thousands of jobs are being cut in its historic German headquarters in Ludwigshafen, while earlier this year it opened a major chemical complex in China to serve booming Asian markets.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
That opened additional entry points and allowed even more nutrients and proteins to enter.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
On Wednesday, the stock bounced more than 1% to get back to the $138 level shortly after the market opened.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
They opened an office in Ukraine and decorated their California factory with the Ukrainian flag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
I had just started work on the head of a cat over the right pocket when the food shelf in the door banged opened and shut with a single motion.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Marcus Rashford, with the final goal in the 4-2 opening win against Croatia, is the only other player on the scoresheet so far.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Grocery Outlet is opening new locations across California, rebuilding its network in the Golden State after closing stores early this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
—Eurozone government bond yields rose in opening trade, tracking the direction of U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
On the opening of the strait, the MOU obligated Iran only to “make arrangements using its best efforts for the safe passage of commercial ships with no charge for 60 days only.”
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026
"The water usually gushes from there," Strong Jonn was saying to Val and Ellis, pointing to the opening.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
