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Now, Dr John Gibbs tells the paper he is "not sure of guilt".
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Some of the guys are on paper hot, but if they’re not good artists, I’m like, who cares?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
The findings are detailed in the paper "Protecting tropical forests is more cost-effective for biodiversity and climate than restoration" published in Science on September 17, 2026.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
I’m interested to see a pivot toward more creative, human interaction, and less paper pushing and contract reading.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
On the table in front of the switchboard lay a single sheet of typewritten paper.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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OpenAI staffers discussed removing references to LibGen from papers that could later be public, according to the filing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
At the time, he said, most of the papers aligned themselves with a political party or a specific movement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
It also papers over how homeowners may be bringing certain attributes to the process that make it more likely that they’ll build wealth, like higher incomes and a propensity to save.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Several of Friday's papers lead on the news that from early 2028, local mayors in England will be able to impose a tourist tax.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
So when this tall good-looking young man appeared with apprentice papers from a good firm in Berlin, Father hired him without hesitation.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Another echo occurred the following year when she papered her gallery’s wall in images of boats, and shortly after Warhol followed suit with silk-screen images of cows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
But as someone who was in the chamber for that speech, those affects papered over a frequent incomprehensibility.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026
Ekitike's quickfire double papered over the cracks of another concerning first half performance for Arne Slot.
From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026
This wooden room was papered with newspaper clippings to keep the heat in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
It was papered in green and gold and had a small, ornate couch inside.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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On Monday, the climate-vulnerable Alliance of Small Island States said countries could not keep ignoring "the elephant in the room" and warned that anything short of winding down fossil fuels was "papering over the cracks".
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
“AI is papering over the cracks,” said Stefan Angrick, head of Japan and frontier markets economics at Moody’s Analytics in Tokyo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
They were 78-5 and 78-7 against Bangladesh and Pakistan respectively, the tournament's bottom two teams, with an edgy win and a washout papering over concerning cracks.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2025
They’re just papering over the crushing weight of impending responsibility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
Where the press fell short, Howard and the Buick management filled in by papering the city with full-page ads and brochures trumpeting every win.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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