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To work with Collins, Navatek hired a lobbyist, Glen Mandigo, who also lobbied for the University of Maine and was tight with her office.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Times columnist Amy Kaufman, in a 2024 article assessing the cultural impact of the whirlwind romance between Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
But even that spread fell to extremely tight levels.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
For example, says Sharp, with fibre, "You can't take tight turns. There are little nuances on how to structure that."
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
There’s a stillness, a silence, that feels heavy and tight.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
This isn’t a special penalty, just the structure of the tax code, and it can lead to meaningfully higher costs at a time when cash flow is already tighter.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Instead, it rules out one important version of that idea and gives physicists tighter boundaries for future theories connecting gravity with quantum mechanics.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
The agency says tighter controls imposed by China and the Taliban's ban on poppy cultivation in Afghanistan have pushed production closer to consumer markets.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Mounting concern about industry excess led lawmakers to create tighter rules for clinical research and a higher standard for approval.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Jackson pulled his parka tighter around him as a bitter wind blew from the harbor.
From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis
Breast cancer surgery, she says, "has some of the tightest guidelines and protocols, and you should have the same treatment wherever you are, private or public, in any part of the UK."
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
“It’s the tightest turnaround in MCG history. Getting it right matters, because the AFL finals are one of the most important times of the year for us.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
In February, for instance, the U.S.-Japan 2-year-yield spread was the tightest since early 2022.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Series creator Christopher Storer conveys this in the briefest, tightest shots of hands lovingly plating food, as well as in panoramic views of the series as a whole.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
She holds her arms out, and I let her wrap me up in the biggest, tightest hug I didn’t know I needed.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
