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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
She added some survivors had told her they feared being excluded from the inquiry because their abusers did not fit a particular ethnic profile.
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
Joon turns sideways, showing me his vulture profile.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
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Although mango and avocado have very different flavors and nutritional profiles, they provide complementary nutrients that support several aspects of cardiovascular and metabolic health.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
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
He is not one for trash talk or the theatrics that often help fighters build their profiles, preferring to let his performances do the talking.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
About one third of South American Indians, Black discovered, have identical or near-identical HLA profiles; for Africans the figure is one in two hundred.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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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
Evernote, a note-taking app acquired in 2023, was among the holdings Bending Spoons profiled in its IPO prospectus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Earlier this month, the New York Times profiled the Modern Silent Shorts festival, which has annually showcased short films it commissions from select filmmakers since 2024.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
A 2025 Wired article entitled “Your Next Pet Could Be a Glowing Rabbit” profiled a Texas company seeking to create gene-edited pets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Twenty feet from us stood a figure, straight, motionless, profiled, the scarlet hieb and white shirt an inlay of bright enamel against the green of the high grass.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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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
Studies of racial profiling typically report the total number of people stopped and searched, disaggregated by race.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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