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resume

[ri-zoom] / rɪˈzum /


résumé


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The June report reflects a reprieve in energy prices after the U.S. and Iran in June reached a tentative agreement to halt military attacks and allow oil-tanker traffic to resume in the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The latest strikes bring further uncertainty to investors as to when shipping might resume at more typical levels through the Strait of Hormuz, with peace talks between Washington and Tehran no longer seeming imminent.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

For a filmmaker fascinated by the slippery workings of memory, the combination is a natural fit: Before Odysseus can resume his journey, he has to remember that he wants to go home.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Events can only resume if there are no further lightning strikes for at least 30 minutes.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

I try to resume my walk before I am noticed, but it is too late.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

El-Sayed is not Platner; he’s been in electoral politics for nearly a decade and has a polished résumé.

From Slate Jul. 18, 2026

Joe Torre, with four championships as manager of the New York Yankees on his résumé, was in his first year in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

While Brown’s résumé is unimpeachable, the advanced statistics that every team scours actually show him as an inefficient scorer whose teams are sometimes better with him off the floor than on it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

Even unrelated, low-skill jobs on a résumé can be valuable for entry-level candidates, reflecting an eagerness to work hard and succeed, Shafransky told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Jun. 19, 2026

In several years, I’d get my chance to work for the university and reckon with some of these community-relations problems directly, but right now Art was just kindly offering to pass around my résumé.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

The Saudis have repeatedly said that they will not normalize relations with Israel unless Israel resumes talks toward creating a Palestinian state.

From Slate Jul. 23, 2026

Antidiscrimation laws don’t ban specific technologies from helping employers pick candidates, so there was nothing wrong with video resumes by themselves, the regulator wrote; what matters is the decision-making process that follows.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

England will hope for more assistance from the surface when play resumes, especially for a bowling attack unused to putting in such long shifts.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

The board resumes meeting in August, giving it time to adopt a revised budget before an adviser would be named.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

A month ago, I mailed out fifteen resumes to Dallas, Memphis, Birmingham, and five other cities, and once again, New York.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

On Thursday, workers excavated a 3-by 4-foot area to find the source of the water, plugged the leak and resumed preparing the street to open.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Oil prices initially fell sharply after the deal was announced, but have risen again since the US and Iran resumed attacks in the Strait of Hormuz in July.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Since hostilities resumed this month, the national average for gasoline has climbed back above $4 a gallon — the highest levels seen since it peaked above $4.50 a gallon in May.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

Iran's health ministry said Friday that at least 38 people had been killed and more than 400 injured in the country since fighting resumed.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

As he resumed his studies, Farmer discovered the work of a little-known German physician, biologist, philosopher, anthropologist, and politician—a polymath—named Rudolf Virchow.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

The president’s proximity to Iran as hostilities were resuming was also a factor, the Journal reported at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Contract talks with Pereira were paused last month although, at the time, both parties were committed to resuming discussions later in the year.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

Strategy, a Bitcoin treasury company, is set to disclose new crypto transactions after resuming Bitcoin purchases last week.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

Oil prices extended falls on signs that shipping activity through the Strait of Hormuz is gradually resuming, with international authorities reporting improved safety conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

Nazario stopped and waited for the nod before resuming.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez




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