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The gallery was filled with the victims’ relatives, many of them wearing white T-shirts emblazoned with a picture of the victims and the phrase “forever in our hearts.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The belief that promoted sides that stayed up in their first season are often relegated in their second is a popular one, with the phrase 'second-season syndrome' regularly thrown about.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Search for the phrase “too much cash” and you will find numerous articles penned by the likes of JPMorgan Chase and Charles Schwab, warning about the risk of being underinvested.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Dogs are often called 'man's best friend', and their long history with people gives that phrase real weight.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
At 11:00 at night on her ninety-first birthday—April 15, 1983—Corrie, in the phrase she had always used, “went home” at last.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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He likes to get heavily involved and was particularly animated, using phrases like "play in possession" and "quicker, quicker" repeatedly.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Trading firms already scan his feed for mentions of companies or phrases such as “Thank you for your attention to this matter,” which might indicate that it is an important message.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
The union said that despite repeated demands to improve workplace conditions -- including mounting protest phrases on trucks -- the company had "ultimately ignored partners' demands, instead unilaterally introducing even more burdensome promotional events".
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
Scientists have previously used phrases such as "metallike biomaterials" or "biomaterials with metallike properties" for biological substances that resemble metals in strength or electrical conductivity.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
The important things to assess are: the song’s meter and then the phrases and sections of the song.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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When she was called upon, she gave perfect answers—whole paragraphs, precisely phrased.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
Other countries have phrased it well: truth and reconciliation.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
It’s also important to know how a poll question is phrased and, in the case of a ballot measure, how it describes the matter voters are being asked to decide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025
As I phrased it back when I first wrote about the dish, “The cheeses meld together to form the most delicious, frico-laced roasted and blistered fennel imaginable.”
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2025
As none of the other adults seemed to share Dr. Thatcher's philosophy, the evening came to an early, uneasy end: "A premature death," as Dr. Thatcher phrased it.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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At the end of the show, a stunning reading of “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido” revealed the instinctive ease with which she can navigate the sweet, syncopated phrasing of Dominican merengue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
A UK government spokesperson said: "We have previously acknowledged this phrasing and took immediate steps to ensure it was not replicated."
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Her account begins with a description of the Ithacan king as “a complicated man” who, in strikingly passive phrasing, “wandered and was lost.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
This phrasing appears to reserve press conferences for big announcements — a change from the past few Fed chairs who spoke to reporters four and then eight times a year after monetary-policy decisions.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
“I recognized the sound more than anything, Reshi. Its phrasing was very old, archaic. I couldn’t make heads or tails of it.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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PARCC: Language of the Test (Grade7)
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