trail
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She has mostly stuck to promoting her decades-long record on the campaign trail, which has recently focused on increased healthcare access for seniors, workforce development and Social Security benefit increases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
The BBC spoke to more than 20 people to discover who he was, with the trail eventually leading to the city of Homs, and the family of a man called Hamid Abu Obeid.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
"Everything I want done, I want done yesterday," she said in a recent interview on the campaign trail, where she reputedly refuelled by peeling hard-boiled eggs.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
The grind continued, and it started to feel like another day on the trail.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The Walker strode behind them, forcing them almost at a run up a rocky elk trail that at times had them climbing on their hands and knees.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, which includes some of the most dramatic sandstone sea cliffs and oceanfront trails in Southern California, closed Monday for utility upgrades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
Happy trails back to 1996, and hope you have a great night!
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
Victory means he will now have the world number one ranking in his sights - he trails Sinner by 1,810 points with two Masters 1000 events and the season-ending ATP Tour finals to come.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
But last week, OpenAI disclosed that its new model can mask its reasoning trails, raising alarm that in the future AI might execute internal logic indiscernible to humans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
They’d camp under the trees and hike the trails.
From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis
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
“Yeah, probably, because …” He trailed off, thinking for several seconds.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Even with Wednesday's jump, growth in the company's share price has trailed other chip companies in recent months and pales in comparison to the stratospheric leaps in 2023 that followed the launch of ChatGPT.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Iraola will be content with the outcome, given his side trailed twice at a raucous St James' Park.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
A figure in khaki wearing a fluorescent vest trailed behind with a steady stride.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
Despite trailing the Green Bay Packers by 15 entering the final period, they recorded their seventh fourth-quarter comeback of the year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
A statuesque figure of death, trailing black fabric, sweeps up the casualties of war with the efficiency of a human vacuum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The 27-year arrived at the US Open trailing Aryna Sabalenka by just 434 points and was guaranteed to secure the number one ranking for the first time in her career by reaching the semi-finals.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
As we neared the lagoon, a black-winged stilt flew alongside the car, trailing its legs behind it.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
The car spun through the leaves, darkening somewhere he slowed it, but mostly just trailing smoke above and behind it.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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