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"You don't leave things behind that you can still use, so why was this purposefully put into a pit?"
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
“Just trying to put up good swings tonight, good at-bats,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Then—with humanlike fluency I might characterize as confidence—FSD put its invisible foot down, moving over two lanes to anticipate merging traffic far ahead and put us in the fast lane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
"But we can absolutely put into the supply chain a very meaningful amount of heavy rare earth elements that will produce the magnets that we domestically depend upon," he added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Ensuring that the badger was indeed staying put, Clare went to his bedroom and closed the door, for he doubted he could focus with the pesky badger looking over his shoulder.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
That, he said, puts Sheinbaum in a "very complex" position, should President Donald Trump's administration step up pressure on her to extradite him.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
So after he does his performance, he puts back on his blacks and he does his job, and I love that for him, to have that sense of responsibility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Close puts protein powders top of the list of supplements taken by athletes he works with, followed by creatine and vitamin D.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
So is artificial intelligence: The industry’s enormous appetite for debt puts it in competition with traditional nation-state borrowers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Theo hears it, too, and I think that’s why the smile he puts on quivers a bit at the corners.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Shares of the Bitcoin investor have soared this week, putting them on course for their best three-day stretch since November 2024.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
In 2025 an investigation by the BBC found that workers manufacturing clothes for the company at a number of factories in Guangzhou were putting in 75-hour weeks — against China’s employment laws.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
“Doesn’t look promising. We don’t — we’re not putting a label on it right now, and we’ll make a decision.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Cohen ended the 20-minute preview by saying that he’s putting the past behind him and that the $40 trillion national debt is a huge problem.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
“I’m the only one whose brain isn’t traumatized,” Katherine said, looking at Chip, who just now seemed to be putting everything together.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
