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Teams are put in place to ensure the comedian can focus on generating jokes while they scheme new ways to metastasize its distribution and justify their own salaries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Unfortunately for Bottas the World Championships take place this weekend as well, so he will be competing on four wheels instead of two.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
"This is ironic, because the only reason they were allowed to come in the first place is due to Islamic solidarity," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Ditching the hair was an act of rebellion, much like growing it out had been in the first place, against the advice of his dad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
You hang from your knees, arms spread wide, opening yourself to the place that feels most like home.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
“So many businesses are closing down right now and everything keeps getting more expensive,” one user commented on the Victorian’s Instagram post, adding, “Sad seeing legendary places like this disappear.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
In most European countries, 80-90% of young people complete secondary education, and competition for good university places creates stress elsewhere too.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
An AFP team saw a chimney spewing out black smoke at the site, which in places resembles a black lunar landscape, in March 2025.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
That leaves households with few places to park their savings except wealth management products that invest heavily in bonds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
One of Joey’s secret ambitions is to go to all the places where she can listen to music, such as Carnegie Hall in New York.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
As many as 200 people with whom she may have had contact were placed under quarantine over the incident, People of Baikal said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
A week later, on July 3, she placed two missed calls to Deters’ phone, and sent him instructions on how to wire money to an American Express account.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
She was taken to the hospital, where she was intubated and placed on a ventilator.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026
When a child is placed in care, birth parents are often allowed contact - but not always.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Martha had placed all my things neatly by the fire.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Informa’s largest institutional shareholder plans to take part in the placing on a pro rata basis, the group said.
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
By placing us inside John’s life, Baden Kelly vicariously produced, in some, a feeling of familiarity and, in others, discomfort.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
Another survey, from the Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy, found 57 percent placing groceries, gas or utilities among their top three issues.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
The clerk has returned; I can see her carrying in a shopping bag and placing it under her desk.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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