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
Under coach Sean McVay, the Rams’ final preseason games routinely are showcases for players vying for spots on the practice squad, not the roster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
There’s also the fact that I know my practice is much better when he’s not with me, and good practice is what I need right now.
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
Meta Platforms agrees to pay $18 billion to settle a lawsuit over its social media practices, and Nvidia earnings are scheduled for after the closing bell Wednesday.
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
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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Wu and Maayah practiced the transfers every day for a week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Before joining Fox News as a contributor in 2018, Compagno practiced law in criminal defense and civil litigation and later served as a federal managing attorney and acting director at the Social Security Administration.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
Even learning a few simple moves would help, if I practiced enough?
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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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
Associates can now have a live voice conversation with an AI-generated persona of a shopper, practicing how and what to say to close the deal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
You can begin practicing harmonic analysis by practicing identifying whether a piece is in the major key or in its relative minor.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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