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"Every single week I've discovered another reason to be delighted that I live there," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
A single center can house thousands of servers, along with valuable energy and cooling systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Then he didn’t miss a single pass for another two quarters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Like Paxton, Talarico did not include his single personal residence among his reported assets.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
I leaned as far as I could from the single window in my bedroom; it was always hard to see the sky from the Beje.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Washburn makes music under the name of Goth Babe, releasing a steady drip of singles and one album, some 75 songs to date.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
That is because the singles draw began on 21 June, even though Kyrgios did not play his first-round match until the following day.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Auger-Aliassime is the highest-ranked player to exit in the men's singles draw so far in New York.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The next inning, however, he surrendered five runs as the Cardinals kept chipping away with five singles, a hit batter, a walk and a sacrifice fly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 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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During a news conference Monday in Detroit, leaders of the departments of Transportation and Homeland Security singled out California as the biggest problem state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
The report singled out Uthmeier as being in a position of authority during the settlement and cited testimony about his involvement in directing the money after it reached Hope Florida.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
In the same speech, he singled out the female protesters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
On its website, the state’s economic development agency singled out costs associated with improving local transportation routes, such as Louisiana’s Highway 82.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
“Yes, I did, 1 singled those three out,” he explained when Ishmael asked about it.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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And doing so would raise troubling questions about why President Trump is singling out Governor Cook,” Lowell wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
In his remarks on Monday, the president made a reference to the anger at the time, singling out opposition in Europe in particular.
From BBC ● 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
Griffin has criticized Mamdani for singling him out as a prime target for the pied-à-terre tax.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
We could get trashed by women as well, for singling ourselves out, putting ourselves forward.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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