collector
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A breakthrough came when fossil collector Cliff Linster discovered a second specimen near Ten Sleep, Wyoming.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
There was a real fear, James says, that the merry-go-round would fall into the hands of a private collector, as the carousel, if not officially, has long symbolically belonged to L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Cena, who is himself a car collector, recounted one of the most significant car purchases of his life -- "a fake Lamborghini."
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Peter and I were pretty much on the same page, but he’s more of a collector of old stuff than I am. He kept boxes and boxes of old files going way back,” Shelby said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
She was a good student, curious and self-possessed, a collector of details much like her dad.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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Humyn Labs filters the thousands of hours of video supplied by those collectors, selecting the most useful content.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
At the moment his firm has 96,000 data collectors across countries in Latin America and Southeast Asia.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Police have made no arrests or recovered any cards, which had been graded by Professional Sports Authenticator and were being shipped back to collectors nationwide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority has always resold its signs to collectors but more recently opened up sales to the public, said Paul Dvoskin, the director in charge of the program.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
Every Friday and Saturday night our two tiny rooms were packed with migrant workers, menial labourers and garbage collectors, buying drinks till well past midnight.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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