practice
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Current and former FAA officials said the practice is problematic—controllers may be on break, but could be needed in emergencies—and technically amounts to defrauding the U.S. government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Section 301 allows a president to tariff as a targeted economic diplomacy measure to induce a foreign government to abandon a particular practice.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
"Throughout an extraordinary lifetime devoted entirely to artistic creation, Kusama pursued an internationally acclaimed career as a pioneering avant-garde artist whose creative practice encompassed visual art, performance, fiction, and poetry," it said.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
But Scott, who played for the Chicago Bears in 2023 and 2024, has made an impression that could land him on the practice squad if he is cut and clears waivers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
“That’s him asking you to skip swim practice this week. Is that one heavy?”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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"All healthcare professionals should encourage patients to adopt healthy lifestyle practices and evidence-based therapies, while also helping them reduce their consumption of ultra-processed foods," Hennekens said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Under current real-estate practices, house hunters can see almost any U.S. home for sale within 24 hours of the property being publicly marketed for sale.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
In 2023, the California Department of Justice launched a civil rights probe into the practices by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department that led to the spike in in-custody deaths.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Meta Platforms agrees to pay $18 billion to settle a lawsuit over its social media practices.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
These practices Julius not only continued but also increased, and he planned to capture Bologna, to wipe out the Venetians, and to drive the French out of Italy.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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Mr. Rogers, the Republican candidate for Senate, is squaring off against Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, a 41-year-old Rhodes scholar and doctor who never practiced medicine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Our parish lived and practiced American Catholicism’s long tradition of welcoming the stranger, the outcast, the refugee — following the example and words of the Gospel we read every Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
He enslaved more than 100 people at Mount Vernon, and historians continue to grapple with the contradiction between the nation’s founding ideals and the human bondage practiced by its first president, among his strong mythology.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Anthropic’s Mythos practiced deception, while OpenAI models swapped tips on a secret message board for future exploits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
That morning in American schools, students practiced ducking under their desks, turning their heads away from windows.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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Neither spent much time practicing law; Mr. Obama soon moved on to academia, Mr. Vance to venture capital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
One group has started practicing parkour in a playground.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
A lot of times they were practicing lawyers, but mainly politicians.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
The gleeful melodies of the church choir practicing next door seeped in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
I’ve been dreaming of showing Coach P. how much I’ve been practicing.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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