pan
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Malaysia proved that promise was more than a flash in the pan.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
What do you do when the splashiest investments in the history of the sport don’t pan out?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Not banana bread— there was no cinnamon, cardamon, nuts or loaf pan involved.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
If AI doesn’t pan out or become profitable, or if people don’t start paying for it, we’ll have a lot of chips with which to measure our food rations.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Some suggestions: an unaccompanied violin or cello sonata, a flute, oboe, trumpet, or horn concerto, Asaian or native American flute music, classical guitar, bagpipes, steel pan drums, panpipes, or organ.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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“To the victor belong the spoils,” he said, as the cameras panned to Rodríguez’s expressionless face.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
But it was panned by investors for failing to provide much new information, and the Cybercab is currently in a limited deployment in Austin.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
When Allison Janney's name was announced as the winner for best supporting actress in drama, the camera panned to The Diplomat star with her mouth open and both hands cupping the sides of her face.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
And that was compounded by the Rams’ travel plans being widely panned after their sluggish defeat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
But so far, the feeling had never really panned out.
From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo
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Then, b-roll, panning above a vast two-wing building identifiable as a hospital by its helipad.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
The television cameras kept panning to the Wales team in the crowd, who could only sit and wait to see if they had won a medal, before they were denied a bronze by England.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Key to how Morgan Stanley sees things panning out is the non-consensus view of the investment bank’s economists who believe the Fed will stay on hold in 2026.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Companies have a hard time telling which of their AI investments are panning out, according to a survey of corporate executives conducted by the technology and management-consulting firm Emergn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
I wondered why my father worked so hard panning for diamonds in the alluvial mines, diamonds that he would not be allowed to keep.
From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince
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