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In his profile of Rosalía, Elias Leight suggested that it was as if she learned all the rules of a style so she could figure out how best to break them.“No sé,” she replied.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Kicking from her signature red tee - another example of the rising profile of the sport in Canada - she made eight of her 13 conversion attempts across the series.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
The Atlanta Falcons briefly used a profile image inspired by their throwback helmet ahead of Sunday’s game against the 49ers, but many social media users saw a resemblance to Nazi-era imagery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
But she has ramped up her public profile in recent months, launching a series of initiatives, including one to help older foster children and another to tackle online harassment.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
A glassed case in the corner held the curios he had collected—specimens of butterflies, a rare arrowhead, a curious rock shaped like a human profile.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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Its heads, Katz and David Fenkel, keep remarkably low profiles for studio chiefs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Reams of magazine profiles spotlight everyday people choosing to share their lives with an AI boyfriend, girlfriend or spouse.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
Scientists used whole-brain imaging to study nearly 35,000 neurons, analyzed the genetic profiles of almost 400,000 cells, and reconstructed the complete structures of several exceptionally complex nerve cells.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
The squad is brimming with international talent, many of whose profiles and personal sponsorship agreements benefit from plying their trade in the Premier League.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
People with similar HLA profiles fall victim to the same diseases in the same way.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Gibney also profiled Holmes in his 2019 work “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley,” which adds another layer of coincidental symmetry: Fielder’s film hits theaters on Oct.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
"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
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
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
The forensic department at Oklahoma State University then took over genealogy profiling, according to Rouse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Future approaches could include personalized treatment plans based on immune profiling of individual wounds.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
They had not been charged because profiling and documentation were still under way before the deaths, he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The movement regularly holds protests against police killings of African Americans and against such issues as racial profiling, police brutality, and racial inequality in the United States criminal justice system.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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