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In both, the US faces a counterpart that, despite having far less overall power, retains the means to retaliate.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Canada's imports from the United States, meanwhile, represented 58 percent of its overall figure.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
“This transaction enriches Victory Capital’s talent pool, gives us additional scale to invest even more in our overall platform, and amplifies our distribution depth and breadth,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
We also found that even in adulthood, they continued to consume less sugar and had healthier diets overall.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
He just had to appear to be a hardworking, motivated, and overall good son.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
At lunchtime, the prisoners in navy overalls file into the dining hall with heads bowed and hands clasped behind their backs.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Wearing overalls and a cap emblazoned with "Billionaire's Boys Club", he expresses profound regret over the seven years he has worked as a goon.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Another man was dressed in overalls in star-spangled colors while one couple wore large and seemingly uncomfortable bald eagle heads, topped by red, white and blue cloth stovepipe hats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
One morning in July 1992, Raynella said, she found him dead in their cattle corral, a hoofprint on the chest of his overalls, apparently knocked down and trampled as he fed the herd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
The scene then switched to Walter, standing in overalls amid his pile of discarded cars down in Monroeville.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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