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Occasionally, cinematographer Ben Davis even lines up those centuries-old face carvings behind Malkovich to note their resemblance to his imposing profile.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Human testing will be essential to determine the molecule's actual side effect profile.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
Outside Flemington, crowds from the Australia-wide "Nup to the Cup" movement also gathered to protest against horse racing on the industry's most high profile day.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
While acknowledging previous shocks like Liberation Day and the start of the Iranian crisis saw the sector go lower still, the risk-reward profile now favors an overweight call, says the team.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
I watched with the profoundest satisfaction as five days of grime ran down my legs and out the drainhole, and noticed with astonished gratitude that my body had taken on a noticeably svelter profile.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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Click on the tickers for more about each company, including corporate profiles, analysts’ ratings and consensus price targets.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
Shoppers, often from profiles with traditionally male names, would inform me that a supermarket had apparently run out of tomatoes in every conceivable form.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
Its heads, Katz and David Fenkel, keep remarkably low profiles for studio chiefs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The measurements included soil gas profiles, which reveal the chemical composition of gases trapped in the soil at different depths.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
The paper doesn’t feature nearly enough profiles of student athletes.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
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"Our recording captured a clear, permanent mark distinguishing the two very first cells, letting us trace nearly every cell we profiled from the embryo back to one or the other," said Kim.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
As profiled by The Wall Street Journal this week, a Chicago man who calls himself The Profiler has flagged thousands, warning users to scrutinize even verified accounts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
“I was in love with the frisson of transgression,” said Anna, one of the disillusioned former believers profiled in Sam Adler-Bell’s March 2026 investigation “The women leaving the new right.”
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
A few months later, the attorney said, Cancino was involved in another questionable stop, this time of a pedestrian who also later lodged a complaint alleging he was profiled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
He was interviewed twice on local television, profiled by newspapers, and by the Oklahoman magazine, and continued to draw crowds to his table.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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“Many Hindu families in Ohio live with fear—fear of ICE raids, profiling based on accent or appearance and the constant anxiety of family separation,” Pyakurel wrote.
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2026
One bill, dubbed the “No Kings Act,” makes it easier for residents to sue federal agents for alleged civil rights violations, such as racial profiling, unlawful searches or interfering with the right to free speech.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
They had not been charged because profiling and documentation were still under way before the deaths, he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
But activists say hundreds have been pushed across the border from Assam in recent months without due legal process, often based on ethnic profiling.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
“I agree that racism and racial profiling are unacceptable. How ever, due to the ongoing investigation, there is a lot I can’t speak on regarding that specific incident.”
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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