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Middlesbrough's Will Lankshear was the first to be punished in the Carabao Cup tie against Wrexham.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO—Alex Sorenson and Lizzie Silvers were about to tie the knot at an outdoor ceremony when a group of tipsy young men stumbled in out of the gloom, tittering at discovering nuptials in progress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Just inside the door, there was a flimsy mannequin with the face of a much younger, slimmer Trump, wearing a red “Trump 2028” hat, a dark suit, and a signature red tie.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
The 426-foot blast gave him 131 career home runs in Chavez Ravine — breaking a tie with Eric Karros for the most in Dodger Stadium history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
I tuck my hair tightly beneath Willa’s scarf and tie a knot beneath my chin.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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Cook has cultivated particularly close ties with Trump, dating back to his first administration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
We don’t know Kushner except for his family ties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Many of the biggest Muslim consumer markets are in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Central Asia, where China has spent years building ports, railways and commercial ties.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
That Poland, which has been invaded and occupied by Germany, is deepening military ties with Berlin shows how seriously both countries take threats from Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
God, it’s hot, though, and Annabelle takes off her denim jacket and ties it around her waist.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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The strength of the response was tied more closely to how sharp each wrinkle was than to how tall it was.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Sarwar's decision came after Labour finished joint second in May's Holyrood election, tied with Reform on 17 seats each.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Many active managers are uncomfortable making bets that concentrated, especially since nearly all of the value is tied to the technology sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
That petition explicitly tied the demand to Reiner’s looming murder trial, saying he was entitled to “mount his defense with the resources that are lawfully his own.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
She wrapped Rowdy’s monkey bites with all kinds of bright-colored rags and tied them in bow knots.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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Nneka Ogwumike missed what would have been a tying shot with 52 seconds left before the Valkyries made it a two-possession score to close it out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
There was no physical evidence tying him to the killing, and a dozen people testified that Brooks was at a family party at the time of the shooting.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
To overcome this reluctance and ensure that only people interested in tying the knot joined, those signing up had to prove that they were legally single and pass an online interview, among other conditions.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Anthropic and Advanced Micro Devices have signed a major new deal tying the artificial-intelligence leaders closer together from both a business perspective and a financial perspective.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
I push stakes into the dirt, tying a red ribbon around each stake.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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