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“We need to pull housing out of this doom loop,” said Victoria Gomez, the coalition’s political organizer for Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
Getting more meat off cattle carcasses is “the greatest lever we can pull right now,” said Jarrod Gillig, who leads Cargill’s North America beef business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
They are also relatively light, and there’s no assembly required: You simply pull each section out of its box and let it expand.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
Two years later, over Bass’ protest, the supervisors voted to pull nearly all of their money out of a joint city-county agency created to address the crisis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026
Greg glanced back as Dot fought to pull herself out of the ravine.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Rightmove, a portal website which pulls in listings from other estate agents, and does not sell or rent properties directly, said AI-generated imagery was allowed on the site if it was clearly labelled.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
Afterward, the researchers modeled a binary star system in which a white dwarf gradually pulls matter from a neighboring companion star.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
Thomas, a personal stylist to singer Foushée, pulls out her 7 favorite accessories from her closet — each worth its own story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
The company gets about $30 whenever a lender pulls your credit, or $60 for a couple.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026
My heart hurts for her as the woman pulls her close for a hug.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Mahial Sran, 20, a San Jose State University student, and Harshita Nair, who attended UC Berkeley, were pulled into the water by a sudden swell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
Recently, oil has pulled back on hopes for a resolution to the conflict but volatility remains high.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Doctors told him it was a "miracle" he was still alive after an initial heart operation failed, and he suffered a series of strokes - but he pulled through against the odds.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Still, investors haven’t pulled money out of the stock market altogether.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
J.W. pulled back at the sight of her and drew up one paw.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
However, that exuberance has waned somewhat, as a prolonged Middle East conflict, inflation concerns and lofty AI valuations have fueled sharp market swings, leading to the postponement or pulling of a number of notable deals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
That formula turned TOV Furniture, the company he founded with his wife, into a business pulling in more than $100 million a year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Access to phones "risks pulling children away from their learning and from each other", the government said.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Worth Girvan and Gaspar were virtually tied on election night Tuesday, but on Thursday Worth Girvan began pulling ahead as more mail-in ballots were counted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
I feel like one of Mav’s tug toys, each of them pulling me in opposite directions.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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