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Again Machado Garry survived until the end of the round and although he found some success with a number of kicks midway through the fight, Makhachev continued to assert control when the pair grappled.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Qatar has been a key mediator in the latest round of talks between the U.S. and Iran aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for an easing of American economic pressure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Prepare the pan: Heat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 9-inch round cake pan and line the bottom with parchment.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Israel and Lebanon are to hold an eighth round of US-sponsored negotiations in Rome early next month.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
We crossed dark side streets, crested bridges, wheeled round invisible corners.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
She intends to be back in South America next summer, provided England navigate two rounds of qualification play-offs in the autumn to book their place at the Women's World Cup, which Brazil will host.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Printing is iterative, and more complex designs might require several rounds of revisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Some critics said the report failed to answer basic questions, such as how many less-lethal rounds were fired or how many officers were disciplined for misconduct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
When it offered him half a song, he said, “Good enough” — without even bothering to run it through a few rounds of polishing.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Although we associate rounds with children, there are many complex and lengthy rounds with more serious topics for adults.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
The island tree is shorter and bushier, its bark thicker and its cones rounder than the mainland tree.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
The result is a broth that feels fuller, rounder and more cohesive.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2026
Puka Nacua, for instance, was a fifth rounder in 2023 and just led the NFL in receiving yards per game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Humans, by contrast, possess rounder heads and much flatter faces.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2025
She cracked the door and I spotted her face, round and yellow, with rounder eyeglasses that made her eyeballs look bulging.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
“Maybe the roundest in the universe,” Joachim Ullrich, the physicist who runs the German metrological institute and oversees the Avogadro Project, told me.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 15, 2018
More than seven feet in diameter, it was, Tom Wolfe once wrote, “the biggest roundest bed in the history of the world.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2017
The size of Ping-Pong balls and coated with the superconductor niobium, the spheres were the roundest objects ever created by human beings.
From US News ● May 5, 2011
According to Adidas it was the roundest ball ever invented.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 17, 2010
And there was the hugest, roundest stove they ever saw in all their lives.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
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