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“We now have working procedures set up, we have terms of reference, we’re actually going through and we’re picking a relatively small subset of goods where America and China agree we should be trading,” U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
The name is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the theory that the internet today is mostly bots, AI slop and corporate algorithms, while the human element is quickly disappearing from the web.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Laboratory access remains limited in parts of the DRC, Sullivan found, and samples may need to travel considerable distances to reach national reference laboratories.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
However, the film's limited detail and lack of fixed reference points meant investigators could not reach a definitive conclusion.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
For later readers this was the paradigmatic account of discovery; Vergil, who certainly read Vitruvius, makes no reference to it.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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I read such stories aloud and adhered to commanding officers’ warnings to keep “notes to the boat” free of any references to stress at home, lest we lower troop morale.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
The mix of star power, eye-popping wealth and references to an ancient wedding tradition made the saga an instant media obsession in China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Perhaps that disorientation comes from the way the brand moves through time, pulling from references without necessarily revealing where one begins and another ends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
His speeches are woven through with references to "God, country, family and freedom."
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Descriptions moved easily from the physical to the symbolic and were incomplete without a range of references to poets and philosophers.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Burnham also referenced that his private discussions with Trump included the Falkland Islands, which have been the subject of comments by the president.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
In it, he referenced comments made in 2014, though they seem to no longer exist on the internet.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Bergeron cited the Ethan Allen board’s “apparent unwillingness to address the need for a CEO succession,” and referenced Kathwari’s statement in an August television interview that the board has never raised the issue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Maresca looked back to last September when goalkeeper Robert Sanchez was dismissed after only five minutes for former side Chelsea at the same venue - a defeat which he referenced after Sunday's game.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
I downloaded every game mentioned or referenced in the Almanac, from Akalabeth to Zaxxon.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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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
And one commenter, referencing the classic hot firemen calendars used as fundraisers, wrote: “Someone should make a calendar of handsome men rescuing cats and dogs!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
He also spoke of the failures of his and his wider team, specifically referencing a doctor who disregarded blood test results that suggested a baby had been poisoned with insulin in August 2015.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
US officials also made unacceptable "threats" to the French language and "Quebec culture," he added, referencing the French-speaking province in eastern Canada.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
He was referencing Ray’s job as a Schwan’s man, delivering frozen foods across the plains of eastern Montana.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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