period
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Some online plans advise women to avoid intense training during their period, she says, yet she has sometimes hit personal records while menstruating.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Precipitation was below average, ranking in the driest third on record for both August and for the June-August period, and drought covered nearly 60 percent of the contiguous US by September 1.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
The assets and income reported in Witkoff’s 2025 disclosure covered the period from January 2024 through June 2025, and his latest disclosure covers the calendar year of 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Jim Reid, of Deutsche Bank, said all of the latest developments have “left investors growing more concerned about further disruption and pricing a longer period of high energy prices.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Worse than that, if left in that time period for too long, they would inevitably become Butterflies themselves, meddling with the ebb and flow of time by their very presence.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Future studies that observe larger portions of the sky for longer periods should allow astronomers to map neutral hydrogen with even greater precision.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
The legislation will not affect landlords that rent out their own primary residence for short periods of time.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Despite long periods of economic growth in the 1980s and 1990s, income growth, and wealth, was increasingly concentrated among the highest earners.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
There were hardships and traumas, periods of institutionalization.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Between periods, I catch up with Siraj and Emily near the girls’ bathroom, which is closed for service.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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