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By the halfway stage, however, the contest had not quite lived up to the hype, with Dubois edging the rounds through steady work to the body.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

The AI and human scores were quite similar, even though the bots had access to vast amounts of data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The public, quite rationally, tends to assign blame to the party in power.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

"We analyzed the star for a large swath of elements, and the abundances are quite low for all of them," said Ha Do, another student on the team.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

For that matter how long would curious eyes up and down the street continue to believe that one small watch shop was quite as busy as it appeared?

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom