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You pick up the bill for dinner, pay for the taxi home or grab a friend's coffee with the promise they'll pay you back later, but days go by and the money never arrives.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Sheen was so faithful to this promise that he drew his last breaths before the Eucharist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

But while analysts remain bullish on the long-term promise of AI agents, they cautioned that this was yet another example of “knee-jerk” selling in response to the launch of new AI-powered products and capabilities.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

There’s a Swiss company, for example, that sells “virtual medbeds”—$2,500 for nothing but the vague promise of DNA reprogramming.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

“I have an exam this morning, too, in case you forgot. I promise you’ll be on time for your test. Now can you let me study in peace for two seconds, please?”

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

And the new Norwegian Museum of the Viking Age in Oslo, set to open in 2027, promises to be the world’s leading Viking museum.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

The settlement avoids significant structural changes but includes penalties if Paramount fails to meet certain promises.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

The first tranche of 161 files was uploaded to the US defence department's website on 8 May, with promises of more to come.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

“The Pineapple” in its limited online description promises an alien encounter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Every year at the first-day assembly the principal promises that “funding will be available soon,” but so far it hasn’t happened.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

The firm promised they would allow users to "easily record the world as you see it", and to "capture life's moments as they happen from a unique first-person perspective".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

What happened to the future we were promised?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Ellison has also promised $6 billion in synergies from the merger, which could come from consolidating tech operations at the streaming services and by eliminating overlapping jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

So, we bought his index funds that promised just that.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

My voice doesn’t harness the power of raging rivers or split the sky in half, like all the Black poets promised it would.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Here are some of the most promising porchfests keeping the movement alive.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

But considering it was his first at-bat in more than two weeks, in a tough matchup no less, it was a promising sign.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

"They successfully completed a round of discussions that we hope will prove constructive and promising," Witkoff said.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Improvements in massive astronomical datasets and advanced analysis methods are now turning stellar streams into one of the most promising tools for studying galaxies.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

Some took flyers, promising to spread the word.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas