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Breach's simple finish came in the next play as any fears of a first loss in four years began to dissolve.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Cleaning remains important for removing viruses and bacteria from surfaces, but several simple measures may reduce exposure to the secondary pollution produced during the process.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Peter Richardson of Counterpoint Research said the channel could be as simple as a hotline, but it will be tough to define what triggers it.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
That simple question has sparked debate about workplace decorum, highlighting changing expectations of professionalism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Theo skims along life, all surface, no depth, simple and uncomplicated.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
He said it would be "much simpler and more effective" to maintain the status quo but allow local authorities to "merge if they wished" and to collaborate through city region and local growth deals.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
There is, however, a much simpler test of political leadership.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
The new growth plan, which includes targets for 2027-29, builds on the repositioning the company has carried out in recent years to create a simpler organization, it said Tuesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Researchers led by Cardiff University and the University of Newcastle in Australia are proposing a simpler and more consistent explanation of the inductive effect.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
He was buying equipment to make his collection of cars simpler, but he wasn’t generating the kind of revenue necessary to support the costs.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
But the simplest thing that would chill adoption of agent apps would be if they didn’t gain the ability to reliably do people’s internet chores.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
The simplest is to look at what has happened to bonds maturing soon compared with those maturing in many years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
I typically use this figure, for annuities with a 2% annual adjustment, as the simplest comparison with the so-called 4% rule.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
The simplest explanation was a familiar one: Einstein's cosmological constant.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
The simplest way to do that is to allow the kid or calf to start suckling, but drive it away once the milk starts flowing.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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