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He has worked as deputy chief in the New York corporate news bureau, an editor in the technology bureau and led reporters on Dow Jones Newswires’s spot news team.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
People are encouraged to choose a spot and count the butterflies and moths they see there for 15 minutes per day, logging it on the website or via the app.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
That’s where a frozen yogurt spot fills a big void.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
“The first step is getting him into a spot where he feels like, and we feel like, he can pitch and not regress,” Roberts said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
If Miss Myrt had grabbed for that pointer and hung on to take it with her to the Schoolhouse in the Sky, I’d have passed right out on the spot.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Hotter summers could also lead to Europeans vacationing in cooler spots in the future, shifting the traditional Mediterranean trip to the North Sea or the Baltics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
For those still getting their workday salads from their usual spots, hold the lettuce appears to be the ethos.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
Much of England and Wales will stay sunny, dry and warm at 24 to 27C, but 28 or 29C is possible in some spots in the south.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
“There’s going to be a lot of spots on the team open now after a big draft class,” Aarnisalo said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
In that direction, he saw several bright spots.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
Additionally, Jackie — longtime mate of Shadow — has not been spotted on two cameras trained on the eagles for some time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
She lost two pregnancies, both of which she spotted in the data from her Oura ring, before becoming pregnant a third time with her now five-month-old baby son.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
That definition stood for decades, notably surviving a 1995 Supreme Court case focused on the protection of old-growth forests for spotted owls.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Two weeks later, on Dec. 8, San Francisco police got a tip that Kirchner had been spotted at a cheap motel two hours away in Merced, Calif., according to police records.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
She paused a second outside the door, scanning the dark hallway before she finally spotted me.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
After training, participants were found to have increased their confidence in spotting the deepfakes.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
After putting down the tag, and spotting the home plate umpire’s safe motion, Dodgers catcher Dalton Rushing immediately pointed to the Dodgers’ dugout, urging manager Dave Roberts to challenge the call.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
The military has even introduced a new type of guard duty, where soldiers assigned as sky watchers take turns spotting incoming drones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
But spotting it takes looking in the right place.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
There was a rumor that the Brooklyn’s had a hundred scouts roaming the streets of a Saturday afternoon watching lot games and spotting promising players.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
