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He had no problem communicating with coaches and teammates as long as they stood in front of him, where he could read their lips.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
The app they used, WeChat, doesn’t show whether the message was received or read.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Meet Barbara and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
"I could check the notes, and any test results, when I wanted rather than waiting to have them read to me," she says.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
She scratched at a logo T-shirt weighed down over her right shoulder with a beaded pin that read Sandy June’s Legendary Grandparent.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
“Altus has sat back as blame for a fire they started wrongly focused on Lineage — knowing that the public narrative was misleading, perhaps thinking that they might escape blame,” the suit reads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
By showing in molecular detail how RNA polymerase reads and transcribes non-natural DNA letters, the new research provides an important foundation for technologies built around expanded genetic codes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
The entire advisory reads like the script for a dystopian sci-fi film describing a chaotic, violent failed state run by criminal gangs.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
"PM tried to calm bond markets as sell-off threatens first budget" reads the Guardian, which says Chancellor John Healey is facing the prospect of "sharply reduced" spending power after a "days-long sell-off of government bonds".
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
It reads: “Dear Wife, If the result meets your approval, I shall be content, love to all the household.”
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
"This is pretty deep here," she says, reading the markings on the probe.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
They have their own educational curriculum with an extensive reading list.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Hegel’s reading of “Antigone” illustrates his thesis-antithesis-synthesis view of dialectical progress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
I told her that the librarian believed it was appropriate for my reading level.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
Just like Zara, he’s reading everything all wrong.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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