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Consumer and producer price indexes and existing home sales data will provide a read on the economy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
He read every single book, from the Bible to the encyclopedia, whatever was there, he just sat there all day long and read and read.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Not everyone in the court read its decision so narrowly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
Beneficiaries should read their annual notice of change documents from their insurers to find out exactly what has changed for 2027 and what their new costs will be.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Father . . . the letter glittered in the criss-cross light as I read the rest.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
A structure called the ribosome then reads the RNA sequence three letters at a time.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
I can’t promise you lower gas prices, but my colleagues have put together some fun evening reads that might at least help lower your blood pressure:
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026
He assumes that, these days, the public goes to see movies or plays, watches television, or reads books either to avoid this dismal reality or absolve themselves from it.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
“Every evening, the night fairy scattered stars across the sky, and every morning she gathered them up again,” Mygal reads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
She never reads what we write; there are no grades in homeroom, just attendance and participation points.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
This was all watched by an impassive City chief executive Ferran Soriano, but any notion their fans would turn on the owners was dispelled by a flag reading: 'In Khaldoon We Trust.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
As many of us know, a blood-pressure reading has the “systolic” on top and the “diastolic” on the bottom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
“I told him that the second pickup game in Slovenia, what I saw from him, just understanding the game better, reading the game, I think he improved a lot in the summer,” Doncic said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
The Queen spoke about memorable moments in her own reading for BBC documentary The Book That Changed My Life, and about the life-changing power of literacy and books.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Betsie tried to take over for me, but her cough made reading aloud impossible.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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