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Some things haven’t changed: Hillman College remains a place for students to find community and figure out their purpose as they face a new set of challenges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
The previous two editions of EVO France have taken place in the French Mediterranean city of Nice.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
Antonelli's third place combined with team-mate George Russell finishing only ninth after starting from 19th extends the Italian's championship lead to 102 points.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Customers can order ahead digitally or place orders with workers in the drive-thru.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
“It’s a place that has been created for Indigenous people across Turtle Island,” her moshom said.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
“I like places in Florida, places in California, even though I don’t like to admit I go to California. But it’s beautiful to see them.”
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
"Visakhapatnam is one of the few places where all of these come together."
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
Taking a 19th-century classic places it hasn’t been is not that daring, or objectionable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Elsewhere there will be some scattered showers but many places in the south should see some lengthy dry spells with sunshine, and temperatures average for October.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
When I was little, I believed that places like these held secrets that I didn’t want to uncover.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Dr. Michel Accad placed a stethoscope in the crook of my arm and pumped up the blood-pressure cuff around my right biceps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
That cap had been placed as part of a series of regulatory actions in 2018.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2026
They placed fluorescent tracer molecules into a narrow space at the rear of the eye.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
Pumps placed in advance helped limit the flooding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
Martha had placed all my things neatly by the fire.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Cristian Mungiu’s ‘Fjord’ follows a Romanian-Norwegian couple accused of abusing their children, placing clashing cultural values at the center of a courtroom drama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Mr. Flanagan’s placing “Carrie” in today’s youth culture makes us pine for the days when Betty Buckley could simply banish Nancy Allen from the school dance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The core idea behind these strategies is simultaneously placing two bets, one betting on a big up move and the other betting on a big move downward.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
The results showed that placing NbSe2 in the cavity significantly increased its superconducting critical temperature, the temperature below which the material enters its superconducting state.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
“Oh!” she said, and slowly removed her necklace, placing it into the wolf’s outstretched hand.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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