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The music is a source of pleasure even as Torres and Solano stay vigilant to avoid city encampment sweeps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
The fate of theatrical releases for Hollywood movies has been a major source of contention for the industry.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
There isn’t much the Fed can do about price shocks from tariffs and oil, but the hundreds of billions flowing into data centers are a continuing source of demand, which interest rates can restrain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Dry weather does not, on its own, cause wildfires - there needs to be a source of ignition too, such as a spark from a barbecue or a discarded cigarette.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The Allies’ insistence that Germany pay billions in war reparations was a source of festering resentment.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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The third commissioner, Republican Christy McCormick, was allowed to resign, according to three sources within the agency.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
However, sources at both clubs deny that is the case and say no decision has been made around the transfer.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
MGM set up a special board committee and advisers to evaluate the proposal, which some sources say MGM believes undervalues the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
On Friday evening, Berlin state finance minister Stefan Evers was appointed to replace him as the CDU's lead candidate, AFP learnt from internal party sources.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
For young students, Wee Sing's "Fun 'n' Folk" and "Sing-Alongs" book-and-tape sets are good sources.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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Six-time major champion Phil Mickelson has disputed allegations of misconduct carried in an investigation by golf publication Skratch, with his representatives calling the piece an "anonymously sourced drive-by shooting".
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Based within the Journal’s investigations bureau, Will specializes in leveraging open-source research techniques and public records in conjunction with sourced material to find difficult to obtain information and uncover hidden truths.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
We also sourced a figure of 137 Eurofighter Typhoons to a House of Commons Library briefing from November 2025.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Ford at the time forecast a $1.5 billion to $2 billion of one-time incremental costs to secure alternatively sourced aluminum “until the Novelis facility is operating at full throughput later this year.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
As Elisha sourced a crew and supplies for his upcoming Arctic expedition, “examining recruits, inventing cooking stoves, pricing rounds of beef,” he was often on the road.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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He explained that organisations like his worked to match dogs with the right owners, often sourcing animals from across the country.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Valve told gamers on Monday that when it first began sourcing components for the Steam Machine in 2023, "we felt like we had a good understanding of how those costs might change over time".
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
She said Mino has no issues sourcing the ingredients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
During a production trip to Paris, she started sourcing pieces and collecting references that would eventually make their way into this season years later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
Her people, of several shapes and sizes, sourcing from an amalgam of many human races of divergent strains from several near-forgotten planets, all sighed together, like a little wind of sadness.
From The Dark Goddess by Shaver, Richard Sharpe
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