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Even before Washington entered the picture, Brazil was already set for one of its most tense elections in decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Big picture: The U.S. jobs market is fine for those who already have a job.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
It is important for the judge to have a "complete picture about the person to be sentenced," he added, and to take into account factors such as previous convictions or a clear record.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The announcement shocked country fans who had followed the couple through podcast appearances and acceptance speeches that painted a rosy picture of the pair’s relationship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
I can’t help but laugh at the picture in my head of a young Ford getting smacked on his butt by a mean old lady.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
However, she did post pictures in her Meta glasses collaboration while promoting another collaboration, with Frankies Bikinis.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
From the limited videos and pictures released it seems he was fully involved in the drills, and he already looks like a well-integrated member of the squad once again.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
The artist reached out to the crowd as he rapped in Spanish, fans jumping and raising their phones to take pictures and document the moment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
In the image with the cake, she was wearing different clothes than in the pictures with the Red Cross.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Last week she texted me pictures of the first frost.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
As Season 2 begins, Chris and Diarra have settled into coupledom, which is precisely what Diarra thought she wanted, but nothing like she pictured it would be.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Black holes are often pictured as unstoppable cosmic gluttons.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Perhaps he pictured a shared meal, clinking glasses and maybe a nostalgic movie on the sofa before comfortably sinking into slumber and loud farting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
We all know the story by now of the duo's first meeting almost 20 years ago, when a five-month-old Lamine Yamal was pictured being bathed by a 20-year-old Messi for a competition photoshoot.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
When he thought about the name Katherine, he still pictured her as she’d been a few years ago, with pudgy cheeks and those goofy-looking pigtails.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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
For years, Randall told anyone who would listen, “I am picturing us dancing on a rooftop in Val di Fiemme celebrating a men’s relay medal.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
“I knew that we were going to film in that house when I read the script so I was picturing all the rooms while I was reading,” says Larsen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025
They’re picturing the holidays: the turkey, the guests, and the all-important dining table.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
I shook my head, picturing my gramps’s face again when we shook hands.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
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