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He said the Semi pulled a 25,000-pound load of dog food up a mountain pass as though it wasn’t even there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The strait is the only sea passage from the Gulf towards the Indian Ocean, through which nearly a quarter of the world's seaborne oil supplies pass, as well as a significant amount of cargo.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

But then neither is Kate; she has a good enough moral sense to pass as a hero, but the exquisite tension of “The Diplomat” is almost always between the lesser of two evils.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

Liam Dawson did not take his chance in his place at Old Trafford and Jacob Bethell's spin is not good enough to pass as more than part-time.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

Then it all came to pass as Wang Lung had foreseen.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck