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[proov] / pruv /


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His code name was Lawful, and Ted did want to prove that he couldn’t be defeated.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

"However insignificant it may seem, the smallest piece of information could prove crucial in helping us establish what happened and identify those responsible."

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

But investors are still waiting for Argentina's roller-coaster economy to "prove that what it's doing will actually be sustainable over time," economist Marcelo Elizondo told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

After a bumpy month, the next several weeks might prove more favorable for stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

To prove it, he recited the first lines of a poem that Penelope had begun teaching the children after their interest in birds had taken a firm hold.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

The aftermath is anything but simple, and that “Promising Young Woman” is so vexing only proves there is no easy way to make sense of the senseless.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

"If someone feels that this might be happening to them, I would really encourage them to come and speak to us about it, because there are things we can do, and this proves that."

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

The mercurial singer’s latest album is designed for the club, but it proves oddly dull and anonymous.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Friends are their main resource — and that proves an inexhaustible boon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

“I forgot! But this proves Malfoy’s a Death Eater, how else could he be in contact with Greyback and telling him what to do?”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

Malaysia proved that promise was more than a flash in the pan.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Exactly a year since he unveiled his first collection at Chanel, Franco-Belgian designer Matthieu Blazy has proved himself to be a shrewd and hugely profitable recruit by the family-owned French fashion label.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

However, it was his move to Chelsea in 2012 that proved transformative.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Two plays from junior free safety Jake Martin proved his coach right.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

They had finally escaped from the pack, but the open ocean had proved too much for their small fleet.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

Lethal injection has proven to be a difficult execution method to get right.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

The economics of certain business models, such as robots-as-a-service, also remain mostly untested and have not been a proven success for at least one humanoid company, Agility, according to a regulatory filing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Specialist pillows are often advertised as contoured, ergonomic or orthopaedic - but McCarthy says their effectiveness isn't completely proven.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

District Judge Mary McElroy in Rhode Island, said the department “has proven unworthy of this trust at every point in this case.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Nobody said, “She’s innocent until proven guilty, remember?”

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Coach JJ Redick expects training camp to be a proving ground for players who want start and be part of the rotation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Al Mubarak said he is still committed to "proving the club's innocence" and the "process still has a long way to run".

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

At the Chef’s Table Festival, the women chefs seemed less interested in proving that they could succeed within the old model than in asking what might happen if they built something different.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

“The U.S. economy is proving less rate-sensitive than feared,” they wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

What purpose I had in view when I was hot on tracing out and proving Estella’s parentage, I cannot say.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens




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