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After two 6-10 seasons, the Saints traded all of their draft picks — plus a first-round selection in 2000 — to move up and select running back Ricky Williams.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

He added: "That said, smaller ale brands are much loved by select consumers, and we will do everything we can to ensure they thrive under more specialist or local ownership in the future."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The model is going through final evaluations, with early access available to select parties.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

San Diego was host to the Cup’s defender series, a competition to select the syndicate to represent the United States in the prestigious yacht-a-palooza.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“You’ll be one of a select band, of the cleverest, strongest, bravest creatures ever,” bragged the Bishop of Bath and Wells.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

Gruel selects seafood, one of what he calls the country’s “bounty items,” and announces that they will make salmon cakes.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

Overprescribing antibiotics leads to deadly resistant bacteria, while industrial fishing, which harvests the largest adults, ultimately selects for ever-smaller fish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Should Airbus opt for this type of engine while Boeing selects a more conventional architecture, CFM believes it can cater for both giants of the air.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

The half-crazed King, magnificently sung by the ever-disruptive Timur, lusts after Salome by speaking and singing at different speeds he selects on a metronome, as he entices her to type for him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

Every night when the family is sleeping, Chester goes to the bookshelf, selects his midnight reading and curls up on his favorite chair.

From "Bunnicula" by Deborah Howe and James Howe

One particularly striking finding concerns tungsten, an extremely heat-resistant metal selected for the interior walls of more than a dozen next-generation fusion machines.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

According to Anthropic's account, as relayed by police, the model was running a test that involved interacting with randomly selected websites when it reached the site and filed false information about an unsolved murder.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

So, I selected a property that wouldn’t leave me isolated in a crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

There’s a limit of 85,000 H-1B visas issued in a fiscal year, and they are selected through a lottery system.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The leopard had selected its prey and they, with heartless ease, returned to their usual activities.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

That self-awareness has made their late-period work all too stodgy, selecting roles clearly informed by their notable reputations.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

This mission guided her through the process of selecting works by famous artists from SFMOMA’s collection to contextualize RM’s pieces from lesser-known but equally important names.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

That comment points to the long-term philosophy he and Gogia follow when selecting companies in which to invest.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Higher-order organisms have developed a way of triaging that information, selecting what is relevant to our safety and our survival, and making instant decisions about how to allocate our resources and our attention.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

“Lovely weather,” Beowulf added, carefully selecting a little shell-shaped cake from the tray.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood