practice
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The “Malcom in the Middle” star was slated to race in the Daytona charity exhibition race with co-driver Austin Cindric on Wednesday, but reportedly crashed while running practice laps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
Broadcom, Verizon Communications and UnitedHealth have all formally objected to the practice in a filing with the SEC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Such a practice might even suggest symbolic burial traditions once believed to be exclusive to Homo sapiens, or modern humans.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
Rebels shelter in foxholes, camouflaged among thousands of oil wells dug in an unregulated practice dating back centuries.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026
“Osda! Always happy to find someone to practice Tsalagi with.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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The government is prepared to force the entertainment industry to improve safeguarding practices unless rapid change is introduced, BBC Newsnight has learned.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
The EU already has a raft of laws covering data protection, artificial intelligence and online content but Brussels and campaigners argue there are gaps that leave consumers exposed to harmful digital practices.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026
“In every category surveyed, physicians reported more favorable outcomes, for their practices and patients, following private equity investment.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
A GP contract is a formal agreement between GP partners or practices and the DoH to provide general medical services.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
I loved looking across the room during practices and seeing my sister doing her own routines.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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As a child, Chin practiced violin for an hour a day—staring out the window into the woods and wishing he was there—followed by two hours of swimming and two hours of martial arts before homework.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Lakers rookie guard Cameron Carr, who has been out with a right oblique strain, practiced with the Coachella Valley Lakers on Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
A graduate of Widener University Commonwealth Law School, she practiced law at her first husband’s firm and served as general counsel for a parking garage company owned by her second husband.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
Mr. Talarico stood on a simple stage with a single microphone and spoke in a practiced casual air, doing his best to seem Obamaesque with a Texas twang.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
I practiced reading out loud like Ms. Washington to Lulu and Rufus, but I did it in my room and quiet so Mama and Daddy didn’t hear me.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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Cornerback Trent McDuffie is questionable after suffering a back injury against the Chargers and not practicing this week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
Believers mix and match traditions, from magic and reincarnation to indigenous rituals, practicing faith on their own terms, becoming what Matthew Blanton, a sociologist at the University of Texas at Austin, calls “religious entrepreneurs.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Fighter jets are practicing hundreds of takeoffs and landings from flight decks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Zacharia, 41, is already under scrutiny over her legal credentials, after giving an inconclusive answer about where she had passed the bar exam, a prerequisite for practicing law in the United States.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
I got through the rest of that week by practicing karate, thinking about karate, going to karate after school every day.
From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee
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