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It is the first time in his career that he has made 11 birdies in a single round of a DP World Tour event.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
The carefully rendered visages are then, at the final moment, slashed with a coup de grâce—a stroke cutting across the mandible or a thick single point that pierces into the chin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
“Sinners” set an Oscar record with the most nominations ever by a single movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
The S&P 400 does not leave you beholden to a small number of stocks or a single industry.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
Once inside we could stand up, sit, or even stretch out one at a time on the single mattress.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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After struggling with her blood pressure as she lost her first WTA Tour singles match for 16 months, Jodie Burrage checked in with three things: a doctor, a physiotherapist, and her phone.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
The Delilah and It's Not Unusual singer has achieved three UK number one singles and four chart-topping albums during a music career spanning more than six decades.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
The same year, he founded his longtime record label Metroplex, which released scores of his singles like “No UFO’s” along with 1995’s LP “Deep Space,” 1999’s “Mind and Body” and 2015’s “Digital Solutions.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
For 2026, the standard deduction is $32,200 for married joint filers and $16,100 for singles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Favoured to win the tournament, they held several doubles records, and watching them play was as exciting as watching a match of singles.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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Chief Executive Jean-Marc Chery singled out data centers and satellites as key drivers for growth this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
It was singled out as a leading example of a "national climate fund" in a 2013 study by the United Nations Development Programme.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
In the sixth, against Dodgers right-hander Brock Stewart, Contreras singled in the go-ahead run in a traffic-filled inning that included a Freeman error on a muffed pickoff attempt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
He then singled out Ambani, whose Reliance conglomerate owns Jio, India's biggest mobile network operator.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
One time while I was at work, a guard singled me out.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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Even the slumping Freddie Freeman contributed to the Dodgers’ 11-hit attack, ending an 0-for-11 slide with a broken-bat single in the fourth then singling again in the eighth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
And doing so would raise troubling questions about why President Trump is singling out Governor Cook,” Lowell wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
This level of detail is the essence of his songwriting—by singling out the character actor from films like “Contact” and “Armageddon,” he shows how we fixate on ephemera as a way of avoiding existential terror.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
"We improved performance across our key financial metrics," he said, singling out gains in net revenue and operating income among others.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
“Hi,” Naomi said, smiling and remembering what the twins were like at six, how they loved singling a grown-up out to get a little extra attention.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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