serial
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Then came Trump’s serial walk-backs—the “TACO” pattern, as traders call it—tensions eased, and the yuan stabilized and firmed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The serial tech founder, who has lived outside Russia for years and holds French and United Arab Emirates passports, has frequently clashed with the Russian authorities as Moscow has tightened its grip on the internet.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Ghost guns, which authorities say make it more difficult to investigate shootings because they lack serial numbers, have been a growing problem for law enforcement nationwide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
The famous Buddhist Angulimala Sutta tells a story of a serial killer who is redeemed by the Buddha and becomes a righteous monk.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026
He endured the “whirl of noise and motion,” as Dickens characterized London in his then-current serial, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, which everyone was gobbling up in Bentley’s Miscellany, a literary magazine.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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It allowed him to indulge his love of classic cliffhanger serials, and he tapped Spielberg to direct “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
South Africa's defence department said the navies were gathering "for an intensive programme of joint maritime safety operations, interoperability drills and maritime protection serials".
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026
So like the serials of the silent era, we’re left, for the moment at least, with a cliffhanger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
Much like the old serials that the new Indiana Jones movie is mimicking.
From Slate ● Jul. 5, 2023
The serials are the best part of the paper, anyhow.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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