commute
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University professor Oh Ji-hye for years walked past the village without going inside, opting instead for AI readings during her commute.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Smith says she doesn't notice it in her Devon community, but it's something she's observed on the commute between Plymouth and London.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
“Spotify lives across your whole day — the commute, the workout, studying, gaming, the dinner table, and sleep. At our scale, that is rare.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
“It’s blindingly, flashingly obvious that the more onerous the commute is, the lower the occupancy rates,” Quick said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
They would have preferred that I live at home and commute to school, but I wanted to live on campus.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
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He still commutes back to Bristol twice a week to play football and added he "catches the traffic in Chepstow but other than football I look to stay in the Forest as much as possible".
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Years into trying different carrots and sticks, many companies are finding out that they need to offer more than free donuts to get employees to embrace long commutes in places like Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
The 33 year old, who lives in Surrey, told BBC Your Voice that he uses his car to get around where he lives, and commutes on the train to London for work.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Yet the spread of work-from-home abilities has been a win for people with disabilities, workers with young families or people with long commutes, said Bloom.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
Insofar as the poor have to work near the dwellings of the rich—as in the case of so many service and retail jobs—they are stuck with lengthy commutes or dauntingly expensive housing.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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Suu Kyi, now 81, was moved to house arrest later that month after Min Aung Hlaing said he had commuted the rest of her sentence.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Juries deliberated and judges delivered sentences, some of which were commuted by the state’s governors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Last week, Polis tried to quietly announce that he had commuted her nine-year prison sentence, but the news immediately caught fire.
From Slate ● May 21, 2026
This means their death sentences will be commuted to life imprisonment after two years, without the possibility of sentence reduction or parole, Xinhua reports.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
His sentence was later commuted to life in prison and then reduced to fourteen years.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Democratic Rep. Frank Pallone of New Jersey said commuting habits have changed and far fewer school children walk to school, according to a Reuters report.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Fiat is positioning it for use in resorts and neighborhoods or for commuting, noting that many golf-cart owners buy those vehicles today for use outside of a course.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
But smaller retailers still appear to be promoting e-scooters for commuting or riding in towns and cities.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
The stars of international soccer were mostly earmarked for greatness by their early teens, back when Undav was still commuting to the factory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Reston is situated within easy commuting distance of downtown Washington.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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