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To give Merz credit, he seemed to understand the historical moment and tried to embrace his role as Europe’s last man standing against tyranny.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
More than 17,000 people poured into Veterans Stadium for standing room only, and many more tuned into the first nationally televised high school game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
The sight of the centre-backs standing tall, studs on the ball, waiting for the opposition forwards to become impatient before closing them down felt unnatural but it was purposeful.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Paxton has acknowledged that Talarico’s superior spending has affected the standing of the race.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
And then I was standing with a group of ten or twelve just inside the gate.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Joseph Paintsil scored the only goal of the match, giving the Galaxy a 1-0 win that allowed them to earn three points in the Western Conference and climb to 10th place in the standings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
As a Kiwi, I'm biased - but clearly Liam Lawson's been performing at Racing Bulls so far this year, and he's currently 'best of the rest' in the driver standings.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The result confirmed Trent Rockets' place at the top of the standings on 24 points and they go directly into Sunday's final at Lord's.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Chicago now owns the tiebreaker with a 2-1 season series record and is as many games behind the Mystics, dropping the Sparks further down in the standings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
As the first boats crossed the hundred- meter mark, an announcer aboard the shortwave-radio boat broadcast the standings to the loudspeakers down at the finish line.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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Civilizations and Peoples of the Fertile Crescent, Lessons 3–4
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