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Watch an unhinged new thriller: Verity, starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, and Josh Hartnett, brings Colleen Hoover’s most bonkers book to the big screen.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026
Agron Berani pulled the pump out of his 18-wheeler loaded with steel and electrical supplies bound for Beaumont, Texas, and pointed to the screen with a groan: $944.44.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
It is running until Tuesday and will screen 60 films from 27 countries over five days.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
When Steinbeck first introduced Cathy Ames to the public in 1952, and when Elia Kazan brought his version to the screen three years later, we were only allowed the slightest glimpse into her soul.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
We were coming up to the crossing of Quagmire Road and the Hog Scald Road, where there’s a high screen of hedge apple.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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Who’s the figure in the hoodie scampering across the screens by which Lester and Edward monitor the allegedly vacant facility?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
There was pyro, there were video screens, there was a succession of gorgeously tailored floral-pattern suits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
When That's Life! launched in 1973, she was its figurehead and became a popular fixture on screens as the show's formidable and fun-loving presenter and producer.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Below, MarketWatch has prepared a couple of screens that might help investors identify potential bargains.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Mrs. Sakai didn’t allow Jenna to use any screens after 8 p.m.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
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Kenya has screened some 650,000 individuals for the deadly virus, trained nearly 5,000 health workers and set up isolation and care facilities around the country, Duale said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
People facing financial hardship were even less likely to be screened.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
"If more people with PCE exposure are screened for liver fibrosis, the disease can be caught earlier, and patients may have a better chance of recovering their liver function," said Lee.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
It reports middle-aged people with no memory problems are to be prescribed an Alzheimer's drug in a trial aiming to prevent dementia, with the first participants expected to be screened from Monday.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The road was screened because it was in sight of the Austrians across the river.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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The man submitted to standard airport health screening in Nairobi, and passed through immigration formalities, officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
She added: "I'm working in a very diverse community, also in a deprived community, where uptake of screening is already low."
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
And yet there was one test I had put off for years: a skin-cancer screening.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
The results allowed them to rule out explanations involving strain, material degradation, inhomogeneity, and metallic screening effects.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
I lowered my head instantly, and became very busy with the emptying of my own teacup, screening myself behind the cosy.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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