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“So much investment has been made, when you make an investment and you pull it back out, you get the dividend,” Harbaugh said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Officers and members of the public entered the canal to pull him from the water and he was rushed to a central London hospital, where he was pronounced dead at about 16:40.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
"It appears the BoJ will pull the trigger and hike in September but then open the door to a potential pick up in the pace of hiking," Paresh Upadhyaya at Pioneer Investments said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
The stipulation demonstrates the pull that Musk has with investors eager to put their money behind the tech billionaire, who also runs Tesla and SpaceX.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
I feel the regular pull in my stomach.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Consequently, “if the stock market pulls back inflation should recede, growth prospects dim and the Fed back away from hikes,” he says.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
“Every decision that they make is structured based on that so it really pulls the rug out,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
A change in wind direction at this time of year pulls warm, moist air northward from the Gulf of California and the tropical Pacific, triggering storms over mountainous terrain.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
At least Elon Musk will never be able to get his grubby little ravioli paws on your sticker-adorned binder of crystal card pulls.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
My cell dings and pulls me out of my thoughts of the past.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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He said Adriana was driving and pulled into the alley that led to the parking lot of their apartment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
On Saturday, rescuers pulled a Chinese man alive from deep inside a hydropower tunnel, and a 64-year-old Nepali woman, Chandrika Shrestha, from her mud-covered home.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Frankie Dettori, who lives in Suffolk, pulled out of the race following a car crash in July which left him with several broken ribs.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
The descriptions in two emails pulled lines directly from his LinkedIn profile.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
The filthy sweater pulled from the underbrush had been the one she’d laid over Clare all those years ago.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Because she avoids buying secondhand Sonny Angels due to potential fakes, she would have probably spent more buying dozens of sealed blind boxes in the hopes of pulling the unicorn figure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
The Spurs defender should have been penalised for pulling Marc Cucurella's hair.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
OpenAI is restricting the cyber capabilities of a new model it deems capable of pulling off automated cyberattacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Woods was involved in a March 27 road accident in Florida in which his vehicle clipped a truck pulling a trailer and flipped on its side while attempting to pass on a residential road.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
The dog stops in the middle of the parking lot and barks, pulling me a few more steps over the worn asphalt.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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