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[pees] / pis /




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Hannah-Jones is a gifted writer, and her piece isn’t as flat as that argument implies.

From Salon Sep. 23, 2026

"It's just a visibility piece for a lot of these players that means they don't get picked up," says Turner.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2026

These firms work behind the scenes to piece together credit-card programs that are typically outside the large bank universe, providing customer service and gathering funding to make card originations possible.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 23, 2026

The piece suggests that California achieved a limited but meaningful victory.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 21, 2026

I’m learning a new piece, and it’s basically killing me.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

One was chondrules, millimeter-sized pieces of rock formed at high temperatures.

From Science Daily Sep. 23, 2026

Can you synthesize lots of disparate pieces of information?

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 21, 2026

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is challenging art-world hierarchies by placing commercial art, comics and pop culture works in conversation with pieces by Frida Kahlo, Mary Cassatt, Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh and more.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2026

By the end, I was dragging pieces of focaccia through the last orange streaks left in the pan.

From Salon Sep. 20, 2026

I made a point to talk to each person, asking them to sign the new guest book and chatting with them about the pieces.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

It’s a collection of songs pieced together from perfect-seeming snippets heard while passing open doors.

From Salon Aug. 21, 2026

"We finally pieced together the geologic records necessary to test this hypothesis."

From Science Daily Jul. 16, 2026

Ivana helped run a sporting goods store and pieced together a budget for her daughter’s early career.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

The summer squad rebuilding plans are being pieced together in the belief Rashford will not be part of them.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

They pieced together new directions, and my mother’s spirit followed them instead of the old footprints.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

Or is there a point at which an elderly parent owes their adult children enough financial information that they’re not left piecing together a life from scratch?

From MarketWatch Sep. 22, 2026

“We’ve been piecing it together. We knew it was a news chopper. We knew we had lost contact with our people out there. Now we have confirmation.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

DNA from descendants has become essential for identifying more of the Franklin expedition's dead and for piecing together details of the crew's final attempt to escape.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

By piecing together scattered public clues, large language models can unmask pseudonymous social-media profiles with surprising accuracy.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

I’m sure she began piecing together the details of our California trip that night.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou




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