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The tanker headed for New York shortly after US special envoy Steve Witkoff held separate talks with Zelensky and Putin this week, with both agreeing to resume Ukraine-Russia-US talks.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
The practical special effects seem to be on the booer’s side, leaning on stagy but charming in-camera tricks that have gone out of style, like switching actors between close-ups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
“You can see in the very small ones already whether there’s something special or not,” the Austrian former tech investor says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Nevertheless, Zuckerberg secured a deal with a special committee at Meta after "robust", and "at several points, contentious" negotiations.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Professor Brown and Professor Green, along with a handful of other people on the faculty who had taken a special interest in me, and then the list kind of sputtered to a stop.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
She’s done that in her act, in her specials and books, and this was just a way to see it in real time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
In this world, she’s a 32-year-old comedian with four Netflix stand-up specials and a two-season stint as the host of late-night game show “After Midnight.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
His voice lands somewhere between the parents in Charlie Brown specials and those buzzers they put outside convenience stores to chase off teens.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
The hiring search offers a glimpse inside one of the most-watched programs on television and a franchise that has mushroomed to include primetime specials, a YouTube edition and a recent ESPN-branded sports tournament.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Above my head, a chalkboard sign lists today’s specials: roasted cream of tomato soup with house-made garlic croutons, blackened chili-lime salmon with rice and mango salsa, and double-chocolate lava mudslide with raspberry coulis for dessert.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Vocabulary lists containing special
"The Lotus Seed"
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Century 21 Accounting, 9e, Chapters 4-7
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"Glencoe Accounting: Real-World Applications & Connections," Vocabulary from Chapter 11
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