trail
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Unusually for Vance on the campaign trail, he then went down to greet the crowd in person -- shaking hands, patting arms and meeting the lady with the black pro-Vance hat.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
The team on top of the mountain found Seibert’s name written in the trail register, proving he had reached the peak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
One showed a trail of lights linking the holy Muslim sites of Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem accompanied by a nationalist, 19th-century Arabic poem by Egyptian poet Mahmoud Sami al-Baroudi:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
The surge in bond yields to generational highs has investors around the world watching and worrying about what could crack, spiral or leave a trail of carnage in its path.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
Then out on one of my trail runs, I spotted him up ahead, so I started running every day just to glimpse him—but once again, just look-aways.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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The sizable farm was previously described as being home to an abundance of wildlife—and multiple trails and two year-round creeks run through the land.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
That includes Spain, where Sánchez’s Socialist Party trails the main conservative People’s Party by a wide margin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Most of the old trekking trails on the Annapurna Circuit have been unused in recent years after the introduction of roads, except for small pockets of Manang and Mustang districts.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
The Ostrander Trail and trails south of it are also closed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
She tapped a paw on a section of the drawing where it looked like a series of trails went up the mountain.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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The second seed, who was in a record-breaking fourth successive World Grand Prix final, trailed Price 3-0 but won four sets on the spin to take control.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
The Rams trailed, 20-10, at halftime, as the Eagles turned two interceptions into 10 points, and Jalen Hurts tossed two touchdown passes to receiver Darius Cooper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Another 15.9% was held in mutual funds and ETFs, and 8% in individual stocks, both of which also trailed other cohorts.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Vanderbilt trailed by 17 points midway through the third quarter when they started chipping away at a comeback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
As soon as they'd gone by, Guiteau trailed them as far as the White House gate.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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The trailing two-month divergence in March 2000, the month in which that bubble burst, was greater than 40 percentage points — more than four times the current divergence.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Sale, a 10-time All-Star, posted a 2.16 earned-run average this season, trailing only projected Cy Young winners Jacob Misiorowski and Cam Schlittler.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
At first, he came across as assured that the car could work for him in town, before trailing off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Chinese open weight models are being released at a rapid pace, with benchmarks showing the country's top models trailing US rivals by only a few months.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
I noticed the hem was coming undone in a corner of it, trailing a thread on the ground as she dragged a wooden paddle through the thickening akpl. in the cauldron.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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