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The wealth of those who sit at the top of the secretive North Korean dictatorship is just as hard to pin down as the country's economic figures.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
The chief of staff role has long been a fast track to top positions, making it attractive to high achievers anyway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
This was all on top of questions about whether she was actually an attorney, a simple question that she had a difficult time answering.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026
The information that Mejia wants is supposed to be contained in annual reports that LA28 issues to its officially designated city “liaisons” — the mayor, city attorney, and top administrative and legislative officers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Silence punctuates the space between us and I feel his eyes burning a hole in the top of my head.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Yet it isn’t the “panacea for calling tops or corrections that people like to think it is,” he told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2026
The residents of Drop City, a Colorado artists’ community, built domes from the curved steel tops of salvaged cars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Bleaching events since 2018 have caused widespread coral mortality, with the United Nations' World Ocean Assessment warning that 90 percent of reefs could disappear if global warming tops 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Indeed, the Fiat Topolino—a $15,000 electric microcar that tops out at 25 miles an hour—is a real car that Americans can buy right now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Then she gives me that glare over the tops of her glasses, seals the paper in an envelope, and hands it to me.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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Therefore, City say the sponsorship amounts were legitimate and not topped up by the owners.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
The growing public frustration in Malaysia but also neighbouring Singapore, which has topped global major city pollution rankings in recent days, is pressuring governments, said Chin.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
In August, Reuters reported that Anthropic’s annual revenue run rate topped $65 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
September’s reading marked the fastest rise since June 2022 and topped the median 4.5% increase projected by economists in a poll by The Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
“My mom topped the cedar hedge with this stuff three weeks ago. I’m still sleeping with my windows closed.”
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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And if long-term yields really are topping, there are several ways investors can potentially profit from the reversal.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
The port moved more than 1 million 20-foot-equivalent container units last month, topping its previous record set in July of last year by 23,000 units.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
As El Nino gathers strength, global average sea surface temperatures hit a record 21.05C for September, topping the previous high of 20.92C for the same month in 2023, according to Copernicus.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Separate official figures showed that the country’s exports surged 83.5% on year during the month, topping $120 billion for the first time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
A compromise was reached, and I am pleased to report that vanilla yogurt makes quite an edible topping for apple pie.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
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