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In 1967, before she even scored a top 10 hit as a recording artist, she launched that company with her uncle, Bill Owens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Lampard said that his side will have to adapt to the different challenge this season after entering the top flight, especially defensively.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
On top of its 10 members, it now has 15 "dialogue partners", including Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
He said there were between 100 and 150 people queuing to get to the top.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
She was short, pushing five feet if she were lucky, but looked strong with working hands and black hair tied back into a braid, a hairnet covering the top of her head.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
There are a million and one reasons to love Dolly Parton but for women of a certain age, her role as Doralee in ‘9 to 5’ tops the list.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
But on average, across all bull-market tops, rates were only modestly higher on the day of the top than in prior weeks and months.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
The Defense Department’s budget tops $1 trillion, the largest sum ever, even allowing for inflation.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
The statutory tax on long-term capital gains tops out at 23.8%, including the ObamaCare surcharge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
After all, sharing a bed isn’t tops on either person’s list.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
Finally, Diamonds & Rhinestones, Parton's 2022 greatest hits collection, reached the top 10 of the albums chart - topped by Heaton - for the first time too.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
This Friday morning, the market is pricing a $1.968 billion valuation, having topped $2 trillion at one point, although turnover so far is only around $20 million.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
She topped her own record in April 2019 when a 1959 piece from the same series, “Interminable Net No. 4,” sold for $8 million at Sotheby’s Hong Kong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
As these slow-moving waves passed beneath East Antarctica, they helped raise a vast plateau topped by the Gamburtsev Mountains.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
Clare spent half his days tending to their whims, but they were a sweet little bunch—adorable, really—short pink stems topped by clusters of yellow buttons.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Rapper Dave, singer-songwriter Raye, Irish rock band Fontaines DC, electronic duo Chase & Status and band Florence + The Machine are also topping the bill.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Even the National Weather Service’s Oxnard station wasn’t spared — topping out at 87 degrees, besting a record of 85 set in 1931.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
But with the median home sale price topping $550,000 in Los Alamos, N.M., where she lives, buying a house isn’t within reach.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
The maker of Claude is likely to tell investors its potential revenue opportunities are above $30 trillion, topping SpaceX’s $28.5 trillion estimate, according to people familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 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
