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She was player of the match as they beat newly promoted Birmingham City 3-1, capping off her milestone appearance in the perfect way.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
It was far from perfect, and I did have to overcome my aversion to seeing so many naked, hairy feet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
On 30 July, "we had perfect weather, sunshine, no winds," Mingma G says.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
At any given moment, he seemed capable of placing a perfect deep ball to break games open.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
“Oh, that’s perfect on you. Now just …” She reaches up and pulls the elastic holding my ponytail out.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
As “Maddie’s Secret” continues, and the titular Maddie falls deeper into the grasp of her titular secret, Early perfects that push and pull.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
The avatar perfects the theater, showing up with scripted answers.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
Just as a chef perfects a dish by experimenting with flavors and textures, the researchers used an iterative process, testing variations to find the ideal structure for the ionizable lipid.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2024
Ingredients may change as it perfects its brew.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024
“When the servant of God marries, he perfects half of his religion,” said the Prophet.
From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Hyacinthe Ringrose
After I lost my longtime gig, I decided to launch my own private computer course, based on strategies I’d perfected for decades.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Once perfected, this AI will essentially take over its own development, continuously building and improving its next version.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
How AQR perfected tax-loss harvesting to help the rich get richer.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
China dominates production of the materials that go into today’s leading battery technologies that are based on lithium-ion chemistry, even though it was perfected in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Magdalys tried to do the innocent-child face that Sabeen had perfected, but she was pretty sure it wasn’t working.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
She impressed casting directors with a repertoire of characters and accents she’d been perfecting since she was 4 years old.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Thomas Edison’s “invention factory” transformed a rural hamlet into the birthplace of the modern age, by perfecting the first commercially viable incandescent light.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Here in the United States, Mikel Arteta's dedication to perfecting Arsenal's routines is an approach England head coach Tuchel is looking to replicate.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
The company’s ability to operate space-based data centers and ramp up rocket launches depends on perfecting critical technology.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
“They don’t need horses to pull them. They were still perfecting the design when I left.”
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act III
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