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As things stand, the sport is pressing ahead with plans to go to those races after being given security reassurances from various governmental sources that it should be safe.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Brands’ desire to stand out and backlash against AI imagery are driving marketers toward high-touch techniques like claymation and hand-drawn animation, filmmakers tell the WSJ Leadership Institute’s Katie Deighton.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
I’m considerably less enthusiastic about the possibility of an algorithm deciding that my apparent dependence on black beans means I could stand to pay another 30 cents per can.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
After this Rodrigo arena tour, and playing to around 200,000 people over the full stand at Intuit Dome, that will change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
Caesar and I stand, watching Father board the wagon.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
That gap first reached 8% on Sept. 24 and now stands at over 9%.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
Backlash against AI imagery everywhere from major ad campaigns to local shawarma stands is driving demand for high-touch techniques like claymation and hand-drawn animation, filmmakers say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
An enormous number of invisible particles are constantly traveling through Earth, passing through our bodies and continuing into space as though almost nothing stands in their way.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
“I’m just sick of the people he stands with,” Stevens told Anderson Cooper on CNN on Sunday night.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
Calvin stands only feet away, hands in his jeans pockets.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Soffin left the Senate race blank on her absentee ballot, and she stood by that.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
Redick was asked before the game if anything stood out to him about Doncic’s early-season surge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Yet most stocks haven’t really stood still, and the market as a whole has quietly gotten much cheaper.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
He unsuccessfully stood on a joint ticket with fellow MP Ellie Chowns in 2025, with the pair losing to Polanski in the leadership contest.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
I stood in the center of my cell in a frenzy of excitement.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Now some of those companies want a standing army of their own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
They’re giving us a hell of an ovation, and we’re standing between the two fly curtains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
But he has promised to repair the damage done to Israel's international standing by the devastating Gaza war, and to crack down on West Bank settler violence.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
One was so dim that detecting it would be comparable to standing on Earth and spotting a small swarm of fireflies on the Moon.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
It’s almost beautiful, standing like a statue with blue sky and white clouds layered and stretching behind him.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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