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"He asked me to take care of the kids and come to the airport to greet him on his return," Konchak Yangskit told the BBC at her home.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
She plans to return to her role as Princess Jane when she recovers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Over the past 20 years, the S&P 500 has had an average annual return of 11.5%, according to FactSet, despite many sharp stock-market downturns.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Wendy’s withdrew its outlook for the year and cut its quarterly dividend as it works to return to sales growth at its U.S. restaurants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The Fox sisters did make a return to the pages of the country’s major newspapers, alongside stories of railroad strikes, and state visits by European royalty.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
To answer your other questions: The trust will require its own EIN for tax returns.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Then the ice cream man returns to refuel his targeted customers, who try to convert our well-cast, engaging trio of young double-scoop holdouts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Thomas Meyer’s “Hannah Arendt: A Life of the Mind” returns her thought to a world in which a few words on a form could decide a life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
From here, returns will depend less on who reports the biggest backlog than on who can keep shipping when supply catches up — or when Beijing tightens the gate.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
“I’m shutting down the video game tournament until whoever took that money returns it. And if the cash isn’t back within one hour, the contest is off for good!”
From "Trouble at the Arcade (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #1)" by Franklin W. Dixon
Before she left, she filled multiple bags with pesto, pasta, Parmigiano reggiano cheese, balsamic vinegar and salt, and made it last back home before she returned to Italy, this time in Florence, in February 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Most of the migrants returned to Morocco but between 3,000 and 5,000 remain in the territory, the exclave's leader Juan Jesús Vivas said.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
On average, fashion companies that went public from 2010 through 2024 have returned a meager average of 1.7% over the three years since their IPOs, according to Jay Ritter, a University of Florida professor emeritus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
“While the government withheld funding in defiance of its obligations, children were left to face deportation proceedings alone, and some potentially returned to the very abuse, persecution, and danger they fled,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
I got the message and we fed him—small amounts, still almost starvation, but something—and Fred returned to his former cheerful self.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
The jobless rate for returning students aged 15 to 24 was 15.1% in July, down 2.4 percentage points on a year prior but still elevated compared with a prepandemic average of 12.6%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
There’s good news in Brian Cox returning as their cranky superior, except it looks like two days of work, tops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
However, he may enjoy a quick reunion with ex-City team-mate Bernardo Silva, who joined Real on a free this summer, and the club will be led by the returning Jose Mourinho.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
There are approximately 450,000 to 600,000 people returning home from federal and state prison each year, according to Prisonpolicy.org.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
“What does the sun do?” asked Brooklyn, her dislike of heights rapidly returning.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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