return
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Now Mr. Rubio says the U.S. sees her return to her country as her right.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Making matters worse, Njoku suffered a knee injury on the play and did not return.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
They were far from perfect on Andoni Iraola's Cherries return but were solid defensively.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Instead, it may have survived as an ideal system believed to have been valid during the Creation of the world and potentially destined to return in the End of Days.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
I can make out barely a silhouette, but the man in the driving seat raises a hand off the steering wheel in greeting and Eliza waves back affectionately in return.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
If he’d found an asset in Bitcoin that brought such reliable returns, why was he looking to share his scheme with millions and millions of retail investors?
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
“We’ve seen the oil majors effectively reduce their exposure to that sector because the returns on actual capital employed have been poor,” Gelder said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Once contraction begins, this network tightens inward and then returns to its original configuration.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
To make sense of this theoretical point, it’s important to distinguish between stocks’ return while interest rates are rising, and their expected future returns.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
The morning the great white came to Rockport, my best friend and I were sticking our fingers into the coin returns of every pay phone in town.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
Ian Holland returned his second-best List-A figures of 5-36 for the Foxes, while England all-rounder Rehan Ahmed took 3-55.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Ten months after abandoning Ole Miss to coach LSU, Lane Kiffin had returned to Oxford to deal his former employer one more indignity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
The Times has not been able to independently verify the report and a message to the representative, Jami Schlicher, wasn’t immediately returned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
If those disturbances gradually disappeared, the system returned to stability.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
After the rescue, a happy pair returned to the palace.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
For the Brazilian, returning to Los Angeles also holds personal significance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
In these devices, electrons are pushed into higher energy states before returning to lower ones and releasing their excess energy.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Some forecasts do show the potential for rain returning more widely from late week and into next, but others hint at continuing high pressure and potentially even warmer air.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
One reader returning to California from Europe this week said he missed his connecting flight in Frankfurt despite a 75-minute cushion between flights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
“Any returning soldier with half a functioning brain could figure it out, I’m sure.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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