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The German auto industry supplier said that the environment is persistently challenging, with the overall market deteriorating and competition intensifying.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
The pound has risen to its highest overall level since the Brexit referendum over a decade ago.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
What’s more, AMD is targeting 80% revenue growth for the overall business next year, while analysts tracked by FactSet had been modeling about 77% growth.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
Barrera defended the overall quality of public schools and advocated for expanding what works from successful campuses to those with poorer academic results.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
They also had a symbol for five, indicating a mixed quinary-decimal system, but overall the Greek and Egyptian systems of writing numbers were almost identical—for a time.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Five people wearing white overalls were examining the tracks and taking photographs, AFP saw.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
The system uses a cooling tank and pump, usually situated in the car's nose, that delivers a cooled liquid, such as glycol, through a system of pipes in a fireproof top worn under their overalls.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
You’d need the equivalent of those parade attendants in overalls who run along behind the horses with shovels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 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
Two little younguns in overalls stood before the flying-jinny.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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