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Absent from the park is an adequate boathouse, so a new rental stand or similar structure would need to be set up for the operation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
But the London club are expected to stand firm on their £120m valuation - a hefty sum considering City have already spent £116m on Anderson.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
That would be actor Will Poulter, sitting in the background of this first shot, waiting unobtrusively for his turn at the stand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
It’s time investors stop ignoring certain nontech industries, especially those that stand to benefit for years from the build-out of infrastructure to support generative artificial intelligence, one fund manager said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
I stand beside Caesar under an early-blooming oak.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Villarreal: Something that stands out with Agnes is we’re witnessing her awakening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Chutzpah-wise, “Oak Street” stands at the border between brazen and cheeky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
So the Harbor International Core Fund stands out, as it holds nearly eight times the average number of stocks in its portfolio at the end of June.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
But at its heart stands an ancient tree that locals say has watched over the community for hundreds of years, and remains the spiritual home of the shrine.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Mr. Andrews stands with a man carrying a modern-looking camera and a younger woman holding other pieces of photography equipment.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
By 21:00 on Thursday, it had been stood down although fire crews were still at the scene.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Toward the end of the performance Raul stood and gestured to the crowd that they should stand and applaud.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
After Iger departed, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones pushed back his swivel chair and stood to address the room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Buse Avci stood in line at a paella counter in Valencia on Wednesday on a visit to the coastal Spanish city from her home in Budapest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
It was still occupied Holland, German soldiers still stood at intervals along the tracks—but it was home.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
If you want to imagine time standing still, start at Burke’s Canoe Trips, which has been renting canoes and kayaks for decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Most of the candidates -- the highest number of any parliamentary election -- are standing as independents, and have led to a ballot paper which is nearly a metre long.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
As negotiating tactics go, it certainly undermines whatever public approval he hoped to gain with his “I’m just a guy, standing in front of the movie biz asking it to love me” bit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The plant employs around 1,000 people and is just one of many sprawling industrial complexes standing out starkly from the lush Appalachian Mountain landscape.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
I saw the Grote Markt, half a block away, as clearly as though I were standing there, saw the town hall and St. Bavo’s and the fish mart with its stair-stepped facade.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
