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She pointed out that the portfolio had still grown a lot over the previous decade.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
The chain now expects same-store sales to drop between 7% and 8% for the year, compared with its previous forecast for a decline between 2% and 4%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Coventry's previous home games had seen them fall to a 1-0 defeat by fellow promoted side Hull before a 5-0 thumping by Brighton.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
The port moved more than 1 million 20-foot-equivalent container units last month, topping its previous record set in July of last year by 23,000 units.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Within minutes of waking, the tangle of problems that had flummoxed Penelope so thoroughly the previous evening had somehow sorted themselves into neat skeins of wool, as it were.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 2
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The SAT: Language of the Test, List 5
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