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But in the second stint, Norris came into his own.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
There was one instance, however, when Gibson broke her own rule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
When a student submits a paper written by a chatbot instead of their own work, should this be considered plagiarism?
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
"The more experience you get, the more confidence you have sitting with a map, creating your own routes and joining up hills that maybe other people wouldn't do."
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
“Land rush means we have a chance to claim our own acres. Our own home. Not beholden, owing nobody.”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
"It's going to just be amazing. The sights, the sounds, the smells. It's all going to be just wonderful," said Neva Hoover, 58, from Ohio, who owns of an auto body repair shop.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
It’s not clear whether Charter would like to shed its deal with the Dodgers organization, which owns SportsNet LA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The National Trust, which owns the land, was "reviewing" the number of animals grazing the land to ensure visitor safety, animal welfare and the area's ecological health.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
When someone proposes an economic campaign against a publicly traded company, I ask who owns the stock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
He’s speaking the language of privilege, speaking it with his drawling tone, with the looseness of his limbs, as though he thinks he owns everything he can see.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Over the years, Barton scoured antique shops, bookshops and auctions to add to his collection, which has grown to about 100,000 artifacts owned by Barton and his son Tim.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The land is owned by Professor Sayer's father and co-author Derek Sayer.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
A separate insurer that is owned by Amistad, named EquiTrust, also lent large sums to vehicles tied to the other three intermediaries, according to corporate filings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
In 2011, former Time Warner Cable executives hammered out the 20-year agreement with the Lakers, then owned by the late Jerry Buss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
If they let in the Boy Scouts, then everyone else who owned property and equipment around the lake wanted to retrieve their belongings, too.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
If you were born in the UK in the mid-1990s you've about a 25% chance of owning your own home, as this chart shows.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Since picking future Nvidias is so hard, efficient market advocates advise just owning them all while paying as little as possible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Some Los Angeles-area renters may feel a secret shame of not owning their homes, but maybe they should be bragging.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
A bit farther down the list sits yet another Vanguard fund that casts the widest possible net, owning 10,000 stocks globally.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
And Matt understood that what El Patron missed was not the beauty of the stones, but the joy he once took in owning fine things.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
