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“This is my job and I love what I do. I’m thankful to my fellow lifeguards who perform rescues just like this every day.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Citigroup found that bonds perform especially well when control of the government is split between the parties.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
The researchers also reported that the new system could perform the same memory function as comparable technologies while consuming only one-tenth as much power.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority found that those who use social media for investment advice rate their investment knowledge higher than those who don’t, but perform worse on an objective knowledge test.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
“There is a way to overcome those influences. If Darkness is willing to perform a blessing, that is.”
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
The trio performs Saturday at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach as part of a series of shows that will take the band to the U.K.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Outside, Alicante performs the same trick on a larger scale.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
It’s that my body sometimes performs similar, involuntarily reactions in both cases.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
Despite being only a fraction of a nanometer thick, the engineered interface performs two important jobs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
The brunette from earlier, Becky, is called to the stage and she performs Otis Redding’s “Try a Little Tenderness.”
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
While the hearing-implant maker’s FY 2026 revenue was broadly in line with consensus, Wong-Pan points out that the Australian company’s implants and services units both performed more strongly than analysts had expected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
But she said music being performed on Thursdays would disrupt residents' sleep on a working night.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Backed by tech heavyweights like Meituan and venture-capital firm HSG, the startup captured national attention when its humanoid robots performed a folk dance during a Lunar New Year Gala broadcast last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
A DJ performed from a podium adorned with pink disco balls, brands gave away protein drinks and powders and people competed in a pull-up-bar-hanging competition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
“The evil performed in her name would make you shudder. But if you want proof...”
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
When Hill died in 2021, the group carried on performing with Elwood Francis as its bassist.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
A closely related worry is that a crash may be imminent, given that the stock market has been performing so well and for so long.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
“They will always choose to move the goal posts instead of performing better.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Investment pros say AI disruption has created a stock picker’s market, but such funds are performing as poorly as ever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Guess it’s a good thing I plan on performing a demonstration anyway.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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