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No matter how deeply Rembrandt probes his subject, even when that subject is himself, the self eludes him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The decision had been subject to intense debate around its environment and economic impact and came after years of legal challenges.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
But the subject of Irish humor is a ripe one throughout the series.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
But as the Canadian comic goes eye-to-eye with Holmes, it morphs into much more — including a character study of both its subject and its interviewer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
If there was one subject which engaged her energies even more completely than modern clothing it was spoiled food.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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At a later press conference, Baron Cohen -- as himself -- defended satire as the quintessential format for "shining a light on, maybe, subjects that we haven't really discussed as a society before."
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
He complies with the latter, showing Fielder’s ability to make his subjects accomplices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Annuities and insurance aren’t the most scintillating subjects, but ignoring them could prove costly, writes MarketWatch columnist Beth Pinsker.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
Back at home, he realised that buried within the bundle were "two papers on two classified subjects, and they were both top secret".
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Instead, I tried to keep up in all my other subjects and help Ma shine up her tinker tools.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
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Twenty of them filed suit against May Wah, saying they were subjected to spells without heat or water, and won a $1.7-million settlement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
The social media posts where he does try to present himself as down-to-earth are frequently subjected to viral mockery.
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2026
Most cases were discontinued, subjected to no further action or dropped because of a lack of evidence or victims withdrawing their complaints.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Barrot said French diplomatic missions were trying to put across the French case "so that we have our own narratives to disseminate, rather than being subjected to those of others."
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
I would lose that, plus the self-confidence I’ve worked so hard to achieve, if I were to be subjected to criticism halfway through the job.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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The yoke is pulled back in the final seconds, subjecting the jet to a peak vertical G-force of 3.08.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
It was an eye-catching conjecture: one of the most revered of the Founding Fathers subjecting people held against their will to possibly painful shocks.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
Under the new regime, visa holders who need more time will have to file formal applications with the federal government, subjecting themselves to additional background checks, biometric vetting, and other bureaucratic hurdles.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
In her IMDb autobiography, she recalled early memories of subjecting relatives to renditions of “When I Grow Too Old to Dream,” from the 1935 film “The Night Is Young.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Washington preferred agents who “live with the other side; whose local circumstances, without subjecting them to suspicions, give them an opportunity of making observations.”
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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