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Herald Examiner before joining the Opinion section of the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
The last section of the exhibition deals with portraits of Pablo Picasso, a man known almost as much for the pictures taken of him as for his paintings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
The most striking section of the messages handed to the BBC concerns Berry's account of his meeting in summer 2022 with a senior Chinese official who wanted to have "a more detailed co-operation".
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
On Monday, the scheme widened to another section of clients.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
The children’s section still has the comforting smell of old paper and Elmer’s glue.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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Eugène Atget set about documenting medieval sections of Paris as they were being demolished and modernized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
You can light up certain sections of the exterior, which is great for setting up a campsite, roadside emergencies, or any time you need extra illumination.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026
It then joins the components into repeating sections, called bays, that form a larger supporting framework known as a truss.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
By not electrifying the entire track and using on-board batteries for non-electrified sections, TfW say they've saved about £400m and years of time.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
The ink had faded in some sections, but he recognized the stories.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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The house was purchased for $1 from the developer, sectioned and transported on flatbed trucks to Altadena.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
If you want frozen garlic — already sectioned and ready-to-use — Trader Joe’s carries the Dorot brand of frozen crushed garlic cubes.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026
A small, makeshift rink sectioned off by barricades was stationed in the corner, and the glam bar was closed down by the second day of the event.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
Harry's mental health became so bad that he was sectioned.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
Their own shapes sectioned in the thin and watery glass of the window there.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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Researchers have incorporated a swept illumination source into an open-top light-sheet microscope to enable improved optical sectioning over a larger area of view.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2024
In March 2023, the force spent 10,000 hours working on sectioning patients and in 2021-22 received more than 78,000 mental health-related calls, and some 204,000 concern-for-welfare calls.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2023
“It is also equipped with manipulating arms which could be used to extricate the sub, such as by sectioning cables or things that would be blocking it at the bottom.”
From Washington Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
Johnson began by teaching the kids some basic techniques, like parting and sectioning hair, and by introducing them to the tools of the trade.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2023
Ella removed her scarf and a perfect replica of her mother's beautiful brown hands darted straight to her thick hair, sectioning and combing through her zigzag curls.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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