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It remains to be seen how trading algorithms deal with a weather phenomenon that the climate scientist S. George Philander described in his 2004 book on the subject as “frustratingly whimsical.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Scotland's FOI law allows some information requests to be refused if they would compromise confidential communications between lawyers and their clients - but it is subject to a public interest test.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The policy also states that “ownership and club or league management have traditionally been held to a higher standard and will be subject to more significant discipline” if a violation has taken place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Warsh’s speech, which is expected to hit this year’s theme of financial innovation, might leave the subject of the Treasury’s recent intervention untouched.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
A Swanburne girl does not mope, as Penelope had been taught countless times, and so she tried her best to put the whole subject out of her mind and think of other, happier things.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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In a late-stage study, Rasonque helped subjects live more than 13 months, nearly twice as long as those on chemotherapy alone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
To identify these changes, researchers studied nearly half a million brain cells collected from people with depression and control subjects shortly after each donor's death.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Teng mostly avoids on-camera interviews with her subjects, preferring to watch them interacting with patients or in the operating room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Those in Northern Ireland set to teach in Irish language schools and Maths, Science or Technology subjects have their tuition fees paid.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
I was already down three guaranteed subjects, with Thomas and his parents in DC.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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The IRS could also maintain a database of individuals convicted or subjected to sanctions for their activity in the nonprofit sector and have nonprofits affirm that they don’t employ anyone on the list.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
“Many people feel like they’ve been subjected to a bait-and-switch in supplemental benefits,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
In both environments, diamond is subjected to immense pressure.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
"It is wrong that the journalists who did their job responsibly are now being subjected to an onslaught of abuse."
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
In his pursuit of the dream, he was being constantly subjected to tests of his persistence and courage.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
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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
A judge earlier this month rejected Kalshi’s bid to block New York from subjecting it to its gambling laws.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Pyongyang withdrew from the Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1993 and has since conducted six nuclear tests, subjecting it to multiple United Nations resolutions, and is believed to possess dozens of nuclear warheads.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
Those doubling down, however, are subjecting themselves to public wrath.
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2026
I propose to take our countrymen’s claims of American exceptionalism seriously, which is to say I propose subjecting our country to an exceptional moral standard.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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