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Lattimore had only one reception until late in the half when he turned short passes into gains of 17 and 26 yards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
"Every morning, together with the staff, we say a short prayer so that we’re given strength and can make it to the end of the job," Gutierrez told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
In short, pretend work is now standing in for real work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
"Constant checking, tracking or intervening may soothe the parent in the short term, but it can inadvertently communicate to the young adult: 'I am not sure you can cope without me.'"
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Indeed, the idea of a nice, short rest was alluring.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Friends and family describe Wolfe as a force of nature, often dressed in camouflage shorts and ready with stories of his travels, fishing expeditions and the objects surrounding him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Dressed in shorts and a T-shirt which bears evidence of a roadside repair, Karl - sporting a grey beard - appears in the car park of a Belgian railway station.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Spencer Schoenbaum was there celebrating his 29th birthday with friends — all of them wearing Bruin polo shirts and khaki shorts, as a nod to Aztec coach Sean Lewis’ statement about UCLA’s purported preppy fashion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
In the 20-minute gameplay sequence, Lara Croft -- still in her famous blue top and brown shorts -- explores an abandoned tomb in Greece, battling panthers and dodging giant swords falling from the ceiling.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
I change into a pair of shorts and swap my red winter jacket for a freshly laundered sweatshirt.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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For now, however, the proposal that could have reopened the strait within a week appears to have met a considerably shorter response from the president: no.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
She said doing the work in shorter segments would increase costs and project timelines — not a good thing when it needs to be finished by the Olympics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
More of the shorter blue wavelengths of light are scattered, allowing the yellows, oranges and reds to become more prominent.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
"Basically, the gravitational force gets stronger, faster, as you go to shorter distances," Giddings said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Up close, she’s shorter than you expected—just five feet tall, in tennis shoes—and she carries the scents of a kitchen.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Gay was president for six months, the shortest stretch in the institution’s history, before resigning at the start of 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
It did find that privately insured patients experienced the shortest delays, but those for Medicare patients were only minimally different from the privately insured.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Running 83 minutes, the movie is Mr. Hara and Ms. Kobayashi’s shortest effort in this set, yet it hurries nothing, its proud participants detailing their daily challenges and hopes for societal accommodations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
A total of 56 people were given jail sentences -- including Xu's two sons -- with the shortest term one year and 10 months, China's state news agency Xinhua reported.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
But today she took the shortest route because she was eager to get home and tell her news.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
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Century 21 Accounting, 9e, Chapters 8-10
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