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But it took just three for them to fall behind, the Italians breaking down the defence far too easily to create an overlap for Ostuni Minuzzi down the right wing.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

From now, it means anyone selling or changing a test on someone else's behalf will be breaking the law.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

That should mean that the hedging call options writers have had to do amid the record breaking run of buying will likely commence after the close of trading.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

He might be likened to that friend of Samuel Johnson’s who apologized that he had never quite managed to become a philosopher: “I don’t know how, cheerfulness was always breaking in.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

We stay like that for a while, holding hands as we sit in silence, looking up at the sky, watching clouds move across the blue, breaking up and re-forming into new shapes.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler