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In some sense she played a character called “Ma Rainey,” one who stunned with eye-catching beads and her dress and demeanor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Deb says he felt a sense of "FOMO" - fear of missing out - when he was unable to buy SpaceX stocks when Elon Musk's space and AI company listed in June.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
It didn’t make any sense from the legal point of view that they would receive this much punishment for something that was so minimal.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
"If we collect so much data and nobody is able to make sense of it, then that's kind of a waste of resources."
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
Every day something else failed to make sense, something else grew too heavy.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Users of the drugs have reported duller senses of taste, less pleasure from eating and related side effects around flavor—phenomena characterized by some as “Ozempic tongue.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 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
Paules tries to keep track of prefab projects in both Altadena and the Palisades and senses tremendous momentum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
The sights and sounds of a World Cup are always special, and this clash in Kansas City should work most of your senses.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Exhibit A, fifteen minutes in: “Look at that! That one is smelling for her son. Cows have great senses of smell, so great that they can even locate one another from over six miles away!”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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Recipients of Israel’s outreach have at times sensed they may be part of a broader campaign.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Even before anyone spoke plainly, she sensed something was wrong.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
But a new report from the Washington Post quantifies what many people have sensed: Trump’s use of profanity, insults and combative language has grown much worse since his return to power in January 2025.
From Salon ● May 26, 2026
He never asked about how her film was going, but the director sensed he was tacitly checking in on her progress, hoping that she was not losing faith.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
I’ve always sensed that he has a mild mean streak, but, well, at least I’ll get really buff.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
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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
A material could absorb thermal energy from one direction while releasing it in another, potentially improving thermal management, energy conversion, infrared sensing, and thermal communication technologies.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
The closer a supplier sits to motion, sensing, safety or factory integration, the more likely it is to see revenue sooner.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Most quantum companies strive to do more than build hardware; some, like IonQ, have aimed to diversify beyond the core computing business into technologies like quantum sensing.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
As if sensing her watching him, Horse looked up, bleary-eyed.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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