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The overall tongue-in-cheekiness of “Lanterns” makes it wobbly stuff for allegory, but the more alarming aspect is the John Stewart backstory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
However the changes now being consulted on could allow car makers to sell more hybrid vehicles as a proportion of the UK's overall sales.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
"Hobby spending is a small amount of overall retail sales, but it's a good gauge of whether consumers have any money leftover in their budgets."
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
You are worried about longevity, because of your family history, and you just seem uneasy overall.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
The overall look was pretty creepy, but you can tell we were happy.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
The ruling means drivers can use a mandated cooling kit that flows cooled liquid, such as glycol, through a system of pipes in a fireproof top worn under their overalls.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Another man was dressed in overalls in star-spangled colors while one couple wore large and seemingly uncomfortable bald eagle heads, topped by red, white and blue cloth stovepipe hats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
The large man in blue overalls is contracted to the UAE-based Atlas Agri, one of the biggest of 44 registered merchants and contractors in the southern African country.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
Domingo arrives in the club’s lush courtyard garden sporting an olive-colored quilted Moncler padded shirt jacket over black bib Carhartt overalls and a black Valentino T-shirt, with a red neckerchief.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
He wore a pair of stained olive-green overalls without a shirt underneath, and he had a broad utility belt holding pruning shears, twine, a hand rake, and a trowel.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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