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Johnson-Thompson will seek to limit her losses in the shot put - typically one of her weakest events - as she trails leader Sulek-Schubert by 141 points, and the podium places by 80.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Twitch's move opens the latest front in the fight to preserve online privacy as artificial intelligence firms increasingly seek data to improve their models.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
If it’s richly imagined Oklahoma skulduggery you seek, stick to TV’s “Tulsa King.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Should the two sides fail to hash out a settlement with conditions, Loeb and Hollander asked Ellison and Bonta to seek an earlier trial date for the legal showdown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
They are the ones who stay the latest, through the small hours when most visitors have gone to seek their beds.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
But it has been edging into the spotlight more recently as it seeks to become an AI powerhouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget proposal, which seeks $1.5 trillion in defense spending, also calls for bolstering American drone production.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Occasionally, though, someone still seeks out a human intervention.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Crenshaw Boulevard is a main thoroughfare that runs through the Black cultural corridor in South L.A., and Destination Crenshaw seeks to celebrate the legacy and contributions of L.A.’s Black community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Science, of course, seeks to show that it does, just as Russell sought to show that there was no hippopotamus in the room.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Ralph Waldo Emerson was the center of a network of enthusiasts who sought to create a new kind of American culture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
He has long maintained he sought legal advice about whether he needed to declare the money and had been told he didn't.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Both types of objects have long been sought because they can provide important clues about how stars form and evolve.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
The government’s case sought to recover billions of dollars in federal research grants awarded to Harvard since October 2023.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
They drew closer, lances leveled as if each gleaming point sought its own target.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
I had gravitated to the color like a moth to light, seeking the dopamine hit of its glow, as if by osmosis I could absorb and become it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The district attorney “remains committed to seeking justice for Mr. Thompson and his family,” an office spokesman said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The Guardian shows Team GB athlete Morgan Lake seeking shade from the heat under an umbrella during the European Athletics Championship in Birmingham above an article headlined on temperatures hitting 38.1C "as fifth heatwave peaks".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
For example, one website selling peptides promised to provide "the chemical architecture for those seeking absolute biological optimisation".
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
These examples of the latest in underwater discovery technology are not the only high-tech tools that will soon be available to all those seeking the evidence of the past from shipwrecks.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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