to-do
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With eight games left in the regular season, the Dodgers have already ticked off the most important boxes on their postseason to-do list.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
These days, with a smartphone in my pocket and an endless to-do list, I rarely pause to look at anything.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
It still worked through a to-do list that included everything from menu changes to reining in corporate expenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Start your to-do list by getting your paperwork in order: passport, visa, civil records and documents.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
“For he describes Gallery Seventeen as ‘obscure and little trafficked,’ yet the guidebook makes such a to-do about going there, surely it must be overrun with visitors by now.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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Jumping straight into a list of major to-dos would leave little time for ideas to germinate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
There are certain to-dos to check off your list when moving to any new city: collect free boxes, book a moving van, change your address at the post office.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2023
“So meta. And it was just as addictive as a romance. I ignored so many to-dos whilst listening. Luckily, it only took me two days to finish!”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 10, 2022
It’s easy to get lost in a shower, the soothing water transporting us to someplace other than to-dos and water shortages ...
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
When they had big to-dos old master sent mama over there.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 by Work Projects Administration