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In two separate incidents, it alerted guards to men standing on rooftops who were able to be talked down, chief product officer Yuka Suzuki said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
"I had trouble standing up from low chairs and deep couches without someone offering me an arm," she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Tell me you weren’t standing on your couch watching that beautiful madness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Stern: Ordinary people standing up for what they know the Constitution guarantees: That turns out to be the origin story of pretty much every major civil rights movement in America.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
I can tell from where I’m standing that he has failed.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Although with the Red Sox winning every day and rapidly climbing the standings, he probably doesn’t have to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Russell, meanwhile, was taken out in a collision with Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton on the opening lap and has dropped to third place in the standings, 50 points behind Antonelli.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
England's gutsy victory moves them up to third in the Northern Hemisphere standings in the 2026 Nations Championship, backing up last Saturday's 73-8 win over Fiji which ended a run of five defeats.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Carpino retired in April, without ever explaining what was not right in the organization or, based on the standings, repairing it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
If we do sweep the Thunder this weekend, we’ll be in first place with a two-game lead in the standings.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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Civilizations and Peoples of the Fertile Crescent, Lessons 3–4
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