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“The first six weeks of my son’s life, I wasn’t sure exactly what my prognosis was,” she later told People.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
"Be sure to check your tickets and get in touch if you think you might be tonight's lucky winner," Carter urged.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
“I’m not sure the trust is there for anyone, the reason being that this is so early and so new,” Cheruvu told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026
“As an actor, my biggest concern is consent and creative ownership, making sure performers have transparency and control over how their likeness, voice, and performances are being used,” von Schwarz said.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026
I follow her directions and enter a classroom full of what I’m pretty sure are second graders.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
The findings come as young people may see stock-market returns as providing a surer path to wealth than paychecks from a 9-to-5 job.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
February’s “Hoppers” managed a respectable $372 million worldwide, but the surer money now comes from sequels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Round after round, the Hurricanes have knocked off teams that seemed surer bets to make the championship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
If they even had a sliver of doubt before the Munich showdown against PSG they will be even surer now.
From BBC ● May 31, 2025
Nevertheless, he could not deny to himself that Eilonwy and Doli had proposed the surer plan.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
Censorship, and worse, are the surest way to elevate an artist and their work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Once upon a time, platforming a trend on TV was the surest way to kill it.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
A willingness to learn from mistakes, this insightful book suggests, may be the surest mark of a great company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
And he became a target for parodists, the surest sign of fame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
It was a vintage Franklin performance, reminiscent of his bemused but devastating recommendations to the English government in 1770 about the surest means to take the decisive action guaranteed to destroy the British Empire.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
