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The incident is the latest in a string of museum heists across Europe that have led to a growing number of priceless works disappearing from public view.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
It writes that the "relentless string of accusations had become too much", according to the ex-professor's family.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
On the rare occasions when he chimed in, it wasn’t to ask Claude about the unintelligible string of equations on his screen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The exhibit also approaches issues of gender, through the elaborately decorated 1511 lira da braccio, a bowed string instrument of the Renaissance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Even babies could catch a string of elemental magic and tug on it.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
Chinese open-weight models run on everything from a student’s laptop to a supercomputer, with no legal strings attached.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
In Salzburg, Dudamel indulged the Vienna Philharmonic’s incomparable lushness, those plush strings, glowing winds, golden brass, voluminous timpani.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
They fear that any strings attached to the public money will make many private schools balk at taking it.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
Look at how he controlled the game and pulled the strings when Argentina chased England down in a dramatic semi-final.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
It may also include a piano and/or other keyboard players, more percussionists, and one or more guitar players or other strummed or plucked strings.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Meanwhile, Black Americans enslaved on plantations were using homemade instruments such as stringed gourds to produce music with complex rhythms influenced by African traditions, which would later develop into blues and jazz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026
Irish pipes, bouzouki, violin and fiddle also feature in the performance alongside an oud - a stringed instrument often described as similar to the European lute - and Middle Eastern percussion.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
As she experiments between strumming up and down, the forceful strike gives the stringed instrument a more percussive feel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024
Two inmates were granted leave to see the concert featuring 14 prison-made stringed instruments playing a program that included works by Bach and Vivaldi.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
The royal orchestra marches in with stringed misens and violins and cellos, and the first waltz of the evening begins.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
What these apps do best is lay bare the ways in which our entire economy is structured like a betting app strung together by incentive perverts.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
"We want something sort of like a racehorse, a little bit high strung, a little bit forward -- something that's got a heart, that's going to run."
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
Base jumpers parachuted from its heights, and a performance artist recorded himself teetering along a 1-inch-wide slackline strung between two of the properties’ 40-story towers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
Hurricanes still drive high premiums: 46 of the 50 costliest counties nationwide, mostly strung along the Gulf Coast, count hurricanes as their primary threat, according to the Journal’s analysis of data from price-comparison firm Insurify.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Police officers strung ropes to keep back the crowd who came to the area to see Garfield off.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
His role in the middle of the park may often go under the radar, but he is the one stringing it all together.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
People without jobs are enduring longer searches, and millions of people are stringing together multiple gigs to get by.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
Micron’s point in stringing together this alphabetical atrocity is that the market for one of its most lucrative products could see 40% yearly growth through 2028, from $35 billion to $100 billion.
From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026
In her two-page ruling on Friday, Cannon said Newsmax’s lawyers inappropriately tried to build their case by stringing together allegations to compound their effect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2025
And now there’s one straight chunk of hair stringing down like a massive sideburn.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
