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But Snee denied the company could have managed the costs better, describing the situation as a "perfect storm".
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
"I'd always thought of Madrid as a very elegant and beautiful city and perfect for the kind of diplomatic atmosphere that I wanted for the story," he told a press conference earlier this month.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
“Britain is facing a perfect storm of imported inflation pressures,” David -Rees., an economist at Schroders, said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Dangerfield, born with the perfect stage name, has ideas that flow faster than he can seem to get them out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
He raised his head, opened one eye, did a perfect double take—both eyes opening wide—and sat up.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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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
It flowers and perfects seeds about the same time with the former.
From Nicotiana Or The Smoker's and Snuff-Taker's Companion by Henry James Meller
As a result, he says, "I think readers are coming to value very obviously personal writing, and maybe even writing that's messier, less structurally sound or composed or perfected, than they maybe once would've desired."
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
If Silicon Valley has perfected any business model, it’s the one in which it cooks up a new technology and then persuades people they can’t live without it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
And they weren’t trying to maintain an existing aesthetic but to stand out with the best version of perfected artificiality money could buy.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
Taylor also revealed how the group perfected their trademark harmonies by singing in a cave on a Cornish beach because they loved the "big sound".
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Many issues raised at Lawrence’s briefings resulted from the decision to begin construction of Y-12 before the central technology was perfected.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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The road to perfecting her self-taught craft was studded with trial, error and copious online video tips.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
By perfecting coal-to-chemical processing over many years, it has further protected the country against disruptions to oil supplies, said Helen Qiao, Greater China economist at Bank of America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Hunched over sizzling grills and shrouded in smoke, trainees at the Yueyang Barbecue Academy in southern China roast skewer after skewer of succulent beef tendon, perfecting the skills that could land them a restaurant job.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
He said that in a world focused on technology, where people can become caught up in making videos or perfecting production, writing requires nothing more than a pen and paper.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
For a girl who’d spent her whole life perfecting the art of arguing—with my brothers, my mother, my mule, and until just a few months ago with my daddy—suddenly I was caught short.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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