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Root, England's greatest batter and a veteran of 166 Tests, said he hoped his "natural persona" is suited to bringing a sense of calm to the men's national team.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Xi spoke for 40 minutes, folding Jiang’s legacy into his own, and closed with a warning rather than a tribute: “On the new journey ahead, we must heighten our sense of vigilance against potential dangers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Some clients complained that even if Microsoft reached out, the messages rarely made sense.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Feeling powerless is grating and interviewing for a new role can increase your sense of control, even if you don’t end up taking it.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
I sense that the talk of missing eyeballs has you feeling a little squeamish.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Derek Holt, chief economist at Scotiabank, says he senses there is a “center within the committee that hasn’t quite bought the need to move.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
But I dug how Cretton gooses our spidey senses with dramatic sound effects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
"You don't need to use all of your senses while you're birding, which is really amazing."
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
His performances reminded us how easy it is for a person to lose their senses when they come face-to-face with something spectacular and indescribable.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
With her underground senses out of whack, she couldn’t be sure.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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He sensed, long before we could prove it, that very high doses given into a vein would behave quite differently from ordinary supplements.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
He said he sensed the presence of his uncle, who shared a California-to-Hawaii voyage with him when Sato was a youngster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Like other billionaires I met, I sensed that Sun rarely got to hang around people that didn't work for him or desire his money.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Machado and her allies have sensed that Rubio is broadly sympathetic to her desire to return and move the country toward elections, people familiar with his conversations with Machado say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Although I’d sensed that James was interested, it surprised me that he was already asking for a date.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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China’s gains in remote sensing are driven by what Western analysts say is world-leading research in sensors and satellite positioning technologies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
I am also sensing some self-blame and regret.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
She bought a three-bedroom house for $280,000 and, sensing Lehigh Acres had enormous potential, became a real-estate agent specializing in the area.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
It is of course one thing sensing how people feel and finding words that might make them feel better, quite another to actually make people's lives better.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
“Are you famous?” she asked, possibly sensing Bobby’s fame, or maybe because she’d seen his photo in Morgunbladid or some other periodical.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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