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He shows the "sign of a true leader," said Catherine Urbain, who works in the healthcare sector.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
The big flashing sign has come in South Carolina.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
Noticing blood in your poo - which may appear black or dark red in the toilet bowl - can be a sign of bowel cancer.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Later in the 19th century, King Charles’s ancestor King William IV spent decades opposing abolition before eventually giving royal sign off on laws to make slavery illegal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
There had been no sign of the bear.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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United would be due compensation should Gabriel leave, although the figure will be lower if he signs for a club outside the Premier League.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Individuals were often recruited through coercion and were tasked with reporting on colleagues, friends and even relatives for signs of disloyalty towards the regime.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Yum on Tuesday pointed to recent signs of improvement at Taco Bell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
Scientists have investigated the effects of maternal immune activation for decades, but these findings reveal signs of developmental disruption earlier than researchers had previously observed.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
The screen behind her returned to the blue butterfly image that was on all the signs and banners and flags for the rally, and Natalie took a deep breath.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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"I don't think otherwise I would have signed up to be imprisoned in a castle in Scotland."
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
A prosecutor obtains it by presenting to a federal magistrate judge a probable-cause affidavit signed by an investigator.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
Almost a century had passed by the time Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964 and the Voting Rights Act in 1965, a period characterized by subjugation and violence by the white majority.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026
So I went up there to Johnny’s house, which I’d lived in when I was signed to Johnny Rivers Music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
I used lots of big words to make them sound true, and I signed every one of them with the police chief’s name, Vernon Q. Highwater.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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Insurance companies generally require you to disclose anything that impacts your “mental, physical or cognitive state” when signing up for automobile insurance.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
By signing leases with these hyperscalers and major customers like Anthropic, former crypto miners tapped into a wave of new revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
As for Medicare, you can easily obtain free, unbiased counseling through your State Health Insurance Assistance Program, and you should not rely on insurance agents who are likely receiving commissions for signing up enrollees.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
Murdoch touted the growth of Fox One and said it is fulfilling its mission of signing on consumers who no longer have pay TV, but the company has not revealed subscription numbers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
She spoke for another minute—something about getting a book from Amanda, something about signing, something about P.J.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
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