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"Data plays a role in our decision-making, but it is just one part of the overall picture," City sporting director Hugo Viana told BBC Sport.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
In volume terms, overall sales were down 1.1% in July, though up 1.7% on the same month last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Previously, the porchfest’s organizing committee staged performances throughout Patty Jewett, but they’ve found that having acts play on porches on a single street works better overall.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
"Nutrients such as vitamin D, iron and calcium are of particular concern during adolescence, when deficiencies may have lasting implications for skeletal health and overall development."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
Being presentable played a major part in my overall mood.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
Girls and women dress in ankle-length skirts or overalls, wearing their hair loosely covered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
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
Bex is starting to look for overalls for them to wear and jokes that they might need shower caps for their hair.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Footage from inside showed rescue workers in orange overalls and white helmets picking their way through a mass of twisted steel, dangling cables and chunks of ceiling.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
No one laughed when I talked, or pointed at my run-over shoes and overalls.
From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome
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