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“She was a shining example of how to overcome adversity. It showed me my little problems aren’t as bad as they seem if she can overcome that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Researchers have identified early molecular warning signs of inflammatory bowel disease that may appear before symptoms and remain active even when patients seem to be doing well.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
While that is accurate, statements like this make the conflict seem normal and perhaps unavoidable, rather than the result of a linked set of decisions that might themselves be scrutinized.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
On page after page, Bangs—I mean, Mr. Klosterman—delivers just enough fact to make this fiction seem plausible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
His eyes break from mine, seem to sweep over me, but it happens so fast, I probably imagined it.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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That discrepancy seems small at first, but it grows steadily over time.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
There were plenty of times during McCullum's reign as Test coach where those long-odds bets were placed, while Fleming seems much more likely to play the percentages.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Much like Porsche’s use of the word “Turbo” to denote its fastest electric cars, Subaru’s calling it “Symmetrical AWD” seems naff, even a bit underhanded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
This network seems to engage with our self-referential thinking and autobiographical memory—the sorts of things we think about when we are at rest, our minds wandering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Zara says something too, but I don’t hear her because I’m too busy wondering how Debbie seems to not be at all concerned about the fake life Dad told her we have.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Now scientists have done something that once seemed impossible: they have effectively taken T. rex's temperature.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
And now we have arrived at Alison Roman selling “A Very Good Sauce,” including a jar inspired by the caramelized-shallot-and-anchovy pasta that once briefly seemed to occupy half the internet.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
The scoreboard showed a tie game, but No. 7 LSU owned all the momentum, and a Tigers comeback now seemed inevitable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Everything about the event seemed designed to make alternative finance feel fun.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
The great golden organ was one that Mozart had played, and some of its notes seemed to come from heaven itself.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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All conductors struggle with the contents of such inaugural bills, wanting them to shine a spotlight without seeming self-aggrandizing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
But he stayed throughout the hearing, which lasted one hour and 15 minutes, showing no emotion and seeming to follow proceedings through headphones.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
A floating 'island' in a reservoir in British Columbia has turned up about 20 miles from where it was last spotted, after seeming to vanish in July.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
It also means that as a business strategy, refreshers can chase every single trend that comes up online with seeming ease.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Whatever anesthesia had carried me through the event was starting to wear off and with each passing second the thought of sitting around all night, alone, was seeming more and more unbearable.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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