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That said, if you can’t tell which is better, you’re getting the picture: The 17 Pro already had a great camera system, and this is a marginal upgrade unless you’re coming from an older iPhone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
A phone call doesn't have any of the visual clues or body language to give a fuller picture, he adds.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
That is a negative internal picture, to be sure.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Flag football entered the picture at 5, and from then on, sports were ever-present in the Wafle household, with all three boys playing something year-round.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
He tried not to picture himself alone in the Forest.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
But he just doodles pictures of hamburgers during those.
From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2026
Before you came onstage last night, an announcer told the audience not to take pictures or videos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
By analyzing samples from adults across a wide range of ages, the team created one of the most detailed pictures yet of how genome regulation shifts as the brain grows older.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
In a few pictures, the tools did weird stuff to faces where there wasn’t enough information, but I was generally impressed—and creeped out—by the results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Last week she texted me pictures of the first frost.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
A helicopter has been pictured flying over the scene, which is near the estuary of the River Stour and close to the Essex border.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
As Rybakina celebrated her third Grand Slam title following a 6-4 5-7 6-2 win in New York, cameras pictured Sabalenka deep in thought as she sat in silence with her team.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Obama sure has his charms, but he comes out of a different mold: the Harvard-educated lawyer who pictured himself in the Oval Office from an early age.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
He argued for an AI “for everyone” and pictured a future where the artificial intelligence tools his company was helping to create were integrated into the everyday functions of every single person on Earth.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
The night also had a slight breeze, and when she pictured herself swinging in the breeze, clinging to a rope made of ugly clothing, she almost gave up entirely.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
“My past is still before me,” Melling belts, picturing himself proudly mounted in a velvet suit and bronze plaque.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
The Daily Telegraph calls the solar eclipse "the greatest show on Earth", picturing a crowd in Birmingham gazing at the phenomenon along with millions across the UK and Europe.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
But picturing your future self—and mentally “traveling back” to who you are now—has been shown to increase savings behavior, according to a 2024 study published in the Journal of Consumer Research.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 25, 2026
That’s what I was doing my whole childhood — picturing myself onstage in front of people, entertaining them but also entertaining myself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025
I was busy picturing how it would go down when Rondell leaned over and tapped me on the shoulder.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
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