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This provides a viewer with that 100-proof cocktail of envy, loathing and cringy-ness that has been the gold standard of unscripted television.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
This month, our marine tanker tracking team paid a surreptitious visit to the fleet, traveling on a standard rustic supply vessel so as not to attract attention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The band said standard ticket prices across the tour would be fixed at between £71.50 and £266.60.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Prosecutors said the agents never asked for a “donation” from Marset and allege that he has sought to “intentionally mischaracterize as unscrupulous what are in fact standard law enforcement practices.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Following standard procedure for covert operations, Barker had held back key information until the last moment.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
The proposed change would remove standards that require teachers or aides to speak the predominant home language of their students.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
The report does at least offer an accurate critique that schools contribute to an admissions race by rating high school students on “holistic” standards based largely on extracurricular activities rather than achievement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei used their U.N. speeches to call for the creation of a global body to set AI standards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
He called for "national and international" AI standards on measuring the capabilities of an AI tool, assessing related risks, AI safeguards, and the degree to which human oversight over such tools is maintained.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
I arrive at school on autopilot; late by their standards, early by mine.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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