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In a statement, Kim said Madigan brings “the experience and leadership we need to build on USC’s extraordinary strengths, advance our academic mission, and help USC shape the future.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
“It was a colossal headache. I hope I don’t have to go through it again. It was not profitable for our company in any shape or form.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The answers, whenever they come, would appear to shape Tuchel's thinking and Alexander-Arnold's England career, but he deserves the opportunity to provide them.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The results could shape responses to climate change for decades to come.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
The inside of the house wasn’t as rough as the outside, but it wasn’t in good shape, either, with faded wallpaper, dry hardwood floors, and ancient light fixtures.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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But the challenges made by other scientists include claims that the video contains shapes and movements which did not fit with normal cell structures or behaviours, and that the cilia seemed to be too big.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The Taiwanese company bills itself as the largest supplier for China’s cold rolling industry, a manufacturing sector that shapes metals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
The panel is filled with illuminated diamond shapes, a longstanding motif in the company’s designs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
"Language shapes how we see ourselves," says Shari Klein, one of the founders of the Schaamteloos campaign, which targets words that use "schaam" or "shame".
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Dozens of ships, in various shapes and sizes, were sailing together in a line that stretched for miles.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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Those could potentially include near- and far-sightedness and astigmatism, a common condition caused by an irregularly shaped cornea or lens.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026
Citing the example of Metz, a city shaped by two world wars, Leo said in his homily that reconciliation was "only possible when one has the courage to break the chains of resentment".
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
They wrote and produced their own songs, shaped their own streetwear image and blended genres ranging from hip-hop and R&B to trot, a traditional South Korean folk genre.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Some are placed on a sculpture resembling the Rub el Hizb, an Islamic star shaped like an octagram.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Slowly, she drew a sword from her back, where it had been held in place by a scabbard shaped out of her own hair.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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Austria-Hungary and Germany had no grand imperial vision for Central Europe beyond shaping the nationalist forces at work there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
But the makeover he faces with the Kings is shaping up as one of the most challenging of his career, and most of the preseason prognostications have the Kings failing to make the cut.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
When I graduated from college, I aspired to be a war correspondent and report on the humanitarian crises shaping our time.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
In We Were Here, the Big Joanie singer and guitarist charts the role of black artists in creating, shaping and transforming rock 'n' roll, punk and alternative music.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
With his bare hands, he pried another chunk of rock from his mountain and began shaping it into a ball.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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