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"I've asked the chief whip to speak to Karl and, sort of, agree a process that can be taken forward," he told reporters.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
“There has to be some sort of accountability.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
“He believed that they should be protected as a sort of vanishing species. Well, that turned out to be madness, right?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
These weren’t combat troops, but they were a certain sort of boots on the ground.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
She gave Janet all the freedom she’d never had as a child, and when her daughter proved to be the responsible sort, she gave herself a little freedom, too.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
She lives with "all sorts of people", from lawyers to artists, sharing bathrooms, a kitchen and communal living areas, and regularly socialising.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Novelties at Mayer am Nussberg that would have bamboozled Keller's ancestors include vegan food, alcohol-free wine -- of which Keller offers four sorts -- and self-service order touchscreens.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
“We see the same sorts of problems and concerns and misery that we’ve been seeing for the last 15 months,” said Welch, the Children’s Rights attorney.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Years ago, Matthew Jackson and I built a model of how the mind sorts information into categories for cognitive efficiency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“That’s it. Oh, and keep the door locked. All sorts of creatures lurk the Underground.”
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Jacie Prieto Lopez, vice president of communications for LA28, the Olympics organizing group, confirmed that improvements would be made to the facility but said specifics were still being sorted out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
The newly-appointed secretary of state, Sir Chris Bryant, has said he is coming to Northern Ireland with "a checklist of things I want to get sorted" rather than a chequebook.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The food "lasts me quite a long time, since there aren't many of us," she told AFP as she sorted through the donations.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Locals had requested an injunction to block city leaders from spending public money until the recall is sorted out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
I hoped Chandra was right, but I could not help remembering a stall in the bazaar where Chandra and I had sorted through a heap of mismatched earrings.
From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan
In sorting AI winners from losers, Wall Street has settled on a key differentiator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Mohamed says the most important thing is to follow Japan's rules, including sorting refuse properly, obeying parking laws, and wearing helmets when riding your bicycle.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
My brother was saddened by her death, but he did not want to be involved in sorting through her affairs, so I managed it on my own.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Participants completed more than 30,000 sorting trials over a period of 5 to 10 weeks using a smartphone app designed as a game.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
This morning I began sorting out an index card file from the office, because it’d fallen over and gotten all mixed up.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
