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Jonathan Powell, the UK national security adviser, has said Europe must be ready to endure "real hardship" this winter if it is to keep up economic pressure on Russia.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Yet, given this past week, it is hard to believe Anthropic is really ready to become a publicly traded company in coming weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Jayakody hopes the cookies could be ready for public consumption within the next few years.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
The 6-foot-4, 308-pound Slaughter, who started 33 games at center at Florida, is ready for his moment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
He tells me I can ask away whenever I’m ready.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Depending on the expertise and equipment at a given location, however, many patients in Germany currently have readier access to CSF analysis than to amyloid PET.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024
For instance, clinical malaria is known to exhaust T cells, he says, and vaccination, by preventing infection, might therefore leave T cells readier to combat other pathogens.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 23, 2023
So six years ago she moved to Oregon, where she had readier access to the gender-affirming health care she needed to live as her authentic self.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
I’m readier than I might have been in 2021, when “Sweatshop Overlord” had its premiere at New York Theatre Workshop, to collectively process the recent traumatic cascade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2023
It has always struck me that were newspapers better able to see the virtue of this figure, they’d be readier to print apologies.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Moore might not just be the best high school quarterback in the nation but also the readiest for the college game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
Reid has been with the Seahawks the longest, playing in the final preseason game, and Carroll said he is the readiest to contribute as a result.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2021
The readiest way to make sense of him—and to hold at arm's length the pathology that overshadowed and overpowered and informed his genius—is to approach him as some kind of martyr.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2013
Our dialects are often the weapon readiest to hand in that fight.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2012
His first proposition and request, that the dance begun at Mr. Cole’s should be finished there—that the same party should be collected, and the same musician engaged, met with the readiest acquiescence.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
With that cleared up, Parton readied her rhinestone mic-drop: “I just know if I have to pee, I’m gon’ pee.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Huawei readied a new chip, the Ascend 950, that surprised early testers with its performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Behind the scenes, Nasdaq has readied a cozy stable for unicorns to go public on its exchange rather than the NYSE.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
“Five minutes to showtime,” said Lil Miss Hot Mess, drag queen and hostess, as Latine drag kings El Daña and Manny Oakley readied themselves for the spotlight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
In fact, within the thermonuclear research community, Livermore’s reputation was marred by the almost comic fizzles of the first devices it readied for testing.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
United Airlines UAL 1.33%increase; green up pointing triangle is readying its biggest-ever international expansion, betting that adding nonstop connections to far-flung, social media-friendly locales will keep passengers booking trips abroad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
My arms are extended at my sides and I’m leaning forward slightly — not unlike a 3-year-old pretending to be an airplane readying for takeoff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
He also encouraged landowners and land managers to take precautionary measures including the readying of specialist fire equipment.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
He is also readying for his transfer to Japan by training intensively with a ronin, or masterless samurai, named Tetsuo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
On August 7, Louie lay facedown in the infield of the Olympic stadium, readying himself for the 5,000-meter final.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
