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On top of its 10 members, it now has 15 "dialogue partners", including Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
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
Only eight weeks ago, before Fery's remarkable run to the Wimbledon semi-finals, he was ranked outside the top 100.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
"It's not fair that these people that are much fitter than others are just running up the rocks and getting to the top," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
She laughs and places her hand on top of Dad’s hand.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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
The "Duchess and the Gentlemen" tops the Daily Mirror as the paper announces that the Duchess of Sussex is "in Guy Ritchie talks".
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Plus, here’s what led to the ouster of the L3Harris CEO, and the national debt tops $40 trillion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The Defense Department’s budget tops $1 trillion, the largest sum ever, even allowing for inflation.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
Rays of sunlight grazed the tops of the trees.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
A fundraiser for the two police officers set up by the Cleveland Police Federation topped £1m earlier this week.
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
On a per-share basis, quarterly earnings of $2.48 a share topped the $2.01 a share that analysts polled by FactSet expected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Securing those components and avoiding supply constraints is the only thing preventing the company from growing faster, executives said after reporting quarterly sales and profits that topped analysts’ forecasts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Morina is wearing a lime-green suit topped with a baubly necklace.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
Her biggest streaming country-pop classic 9 to 5 was written for the 1980 film of the same name, and earned her an Oscar nomination as well as topping the US charts.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 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,” the Journal says, citing people familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 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
It was a little squashed, but as with the rest of them, the pecan was centered perfectly on the brown-sugar topping.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
