resume
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For one, his acting resume is the stuff of thespian fantasy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz resume “at a predictable level.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Flights gradually resume in less affected areas, but airports across North America repeatedly close whenever winds remobilize the ash.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
The inquiry was due to resume in March and the delay was partly due to the availability and scale of material coming from the Republic of Ireland.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
“There is no longer a threat to safety. I repeat: There is no longer a threat to safety. You may resume your earlier activities. Thank you for your patience.”
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
A desperate job seeker might not fact-check that affiliation and, thrilled to be contacted by the purported recruiter, send over her résumé or pay for consulting services to improve her chances at getting a job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
And on July 17, she added one more piece of history to the résumé, passing Lisa Leslie to become the Sparks’ all-time leading scorer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Finding a job these days may require using AI for more than just résumé writing.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
His advice: Draw on AI early in the process to draft ideas — but actually write most of the résumé yourself, filling in your personal and professional achievements.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 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 gift of Ping Ping and Fu Shuang to Atlanta was first heralded in April, but Xi has now announced they will arrive in just a few days as China's panda diplomacy resumes.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
In the process, she discovered the forgotten digital detritus left on their hard drives: old resumes, photo albums, Word documents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Canva’s Global Job Seeker Survey showed that approximately 57% of job seekers used AI to create their resumes in 2024, while another survey from data firm Clutch put that number at 84% in 2026.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Some job seekers could get an edge in this labor market by actually writing their own resumes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Phillips ends the interview and resumes his report.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
CNN also resumed its role in the television pool Friday, providing coverage as Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the National Archives.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
Regular US television coverage resumed on Friday after White House officials allowed reporters entry.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The Danish shipping group and its peers have partially resumed sailing through the Red Sea, but it shouldn’t have an impact on 2026 guidance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Airlines have resumed trimming schedules through the end of the year, resulting in higher airfares for some destinations and worries about even more expensive tickets over major traveling holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
She flung the gum in the stove and resumed her stance, straightened her skirts, and folded her hands before her.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
They follow their network partner CMA CGM, which late last year began resuming some Suez transits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
OpenAI halted training of its latest models for two weeks in August before resuming it under tighter controls.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Talwani, in a ruling last week, criticized the Postal Service for resuming work on the project.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
The pair made their first pit stops together on lap 21, resuming in second and third place behind Hamilton, who delayed his stop by a further four laps.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
“Hepzibah Smith died two days after that little scene,” said Dumbledore, resuming his seat and indicating that Harry should do the same.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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