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The promise of more deals is driving shares higher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

It isn’t hard to understand why this promise of control is so appealing.

From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026

I’m increasingly inclined to hear it as a promise.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

Olympic organizers have sold more than 6 million tickets, locking in a significant piece of funding for what they promise will be a privately funded Games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

I say this knowing it’s likely a promise I won’t be able to keep, but I need to get her off my back.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Even on those matters, they question how much the city takes heed of their views or follows through on promises.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

But Mejia said he needs more than promises.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

The robot pizza-making business has, it's true, been littered with sorry tales of overcooked promises and melting fortunes.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Bonta dismissed promises Paramount has made to release 30 movies a year once the deal closes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Still here, I see, despite the gods' promises.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said a "reconciliation commission" would be set up while Danish PM Mette Frederiksen promised the governments would work together.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

Send Contractor B a letter explaining that you selected him based on his reputation for workmanship and his promised timeline, only to discover that he subcontracted the project to Contractor A without your consent.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

Sadhguru's "sacred walks", organised by his Isha Foundation, promised a journey to a place "of divine connection, where the veil between the physical and spiritual is thin".

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

Richard Matus Jr. spoke to his 13-year-old daughter over the phone from a Riverside County jail the night before she started eighth grade and promised they’d talk after her first day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Jonah wondered what she’d promised in exchange: to clean up the kitchen after dinner every single night for the rest of the school year?

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The deal would give the U.S. a foothold in at least 17 of Venezuela’s most promising oil-and-gas fields, housing some 90 billion barrels of proven reserves, almost twice that of the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Some experiments focused on configurations that appeared especially promising, while others explored less certain parts of the search space that could provide new information and improve the model.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

Since taking over at the Fed’s helm in May, Warsh has talked tough about inflation, but has so far resisted discussing specifics or promising any action.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

In the short-term ministers - and the new prime minister - say they are helping where they can, and promising that there is "more to do".

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

The man clearly wasn’t going to be able to eat the shawarma, and Boaz promising it to him wasn’t going to get him to disappear.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny