practice
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The practice of “early shoves” has a long history within the FAA’s air-traffic unit.
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
Since then, she said, she’s fielded more and more complaints about the practice from tenants and advocates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Coal pretended to have made the team and went to every practice, but instead he took his sketch pad out and started drawing on the side of the field.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
"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
Meta Platforms agrees to pay $18 billion to settle a lawsuit over its social media practices.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
USC was especially cautious with Stewart’s injury during the week last season, which led Stewart to sit out a significant number of practices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Such practices, however, she kept from her young prentice, and as far as she was able she taught him honest craft.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
But they taught my siblings and me not to be ashamed of our roots and to give to those less fortunate, a philosophy that Parton practiced to the end of her 80 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
“If raw food is best,” he asks, then “why is cooking practiced and enjoyed by just about everyone on the planet?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
At a naval base on the main island of Luzon, the Marines practiced downing drones using their latest truck-mounted counterdrone system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
His first meditation session was July 1, 1973, and from there, he practiced twice a day, every single day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Life-long learning and self-growth are valued, practiced, and mentored in others.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
One group has started practicing parkour in a playground.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The best part of her day is when she spends evenings practicing tai chi with a half dozen friends at a nearby park.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
A lot of times they were practicing lawyers, but mainly politicians.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
And part of the fun is meeting locals with similar interests and practicing speaking another language, whether that means going on dates or just making new friends.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Except then I remember that all Deb talked about when we were practicing was Kiki.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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