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To investigate the discovery, the scientists collected samples and preserved reference specimens in the Kunming Institute of Botany's collections.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Earlier this month, Hwang ordered that there be no reference to the first trial during the retrial scheduled for Nov. 2.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The following weekend, almost 200 miles west, a middle-aged man stood near the stage at the start of another El-Sayed appearance and shouted a reference to the Quran and Bible.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

According to experts behind the CyclOpe report, an annual reference for global raw materials and commodity markets, demand is linked to "global industrial dynamics, particularly in the mining and construction sectors, energy and defence."

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

It was his one remaining point of reference and he clung to it with a fierce Pavlovian tenacity, partly through habit and partly because he had nothing with which to replace it.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Your letter references how financial pressures, emotional turmoil, challenging workplace situations, addictions and mental-health challenges all play a role in how people deal with stressful situations.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Authentic Brands' legal complaint references other legal actions, and says that Claude admitted to crossing a line.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

She looked down and read nervously from a script, took just three questions and embarrassingly mixed up references to “her husband” and “her president.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

The large ensemble cast includes about 15 characters from different instalments of the video game series, and is packed with references and Easter eggs.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Neither is it answered by references to the student sit-in-movement, if only because not all Negroes are students and not all of them live in the South.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin

Before her narrow loss, Hong referenced a since-deleted Wedgewood poll in a fundraising pitch to argue that her campaign had “momentum.”

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026

A Presbyterian seminarian, he frequently referenced his faith.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Hafeez referenced the six-stage framework on debt and world order put forward by Ray Dalio, the founder of hedge-fund giant Bridgewater Associates.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Miranda also referenced that difficult period during Friday's mission, when the players had to collect and assemble parts of Easter Island-like statues on a rainy hillside.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

She was about to search with different keywords when she saw a link to a map of sites referenced in The Maltese Falcon as well as places Dashiell Hammett had lived.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

“It’s a Tilt-A-Whirl, you’re getting whipped around,” Farley said during an interview with MarketWatch, referencing a popular carnival ride.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen described it as a "Sputnik moment", referencing the 1957 launch of Earth's first artificial satellite by the Soviet Union that stunned the Western world.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

The midfielder made light of the incident on Instagram, referencing one of his recent posts in which he compared a sun-drenched Thai away trip with previous visits to Stoke's Bet365 Stadium.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

When Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ludicrously urged Americans to dress up for travel, he was referencing this imaginary age of girdles and silk-stockinged women dolled up like Veronica Lake.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

“You sound like your father,” he said, referencing Krazy Keith.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green