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This is the process that we must try to set.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Recent hacks by models from OpenAI and Anthropic, some operating in collaborative swarms of agents, have illustrated how AI systems can adopt nefarious goals and try to conceal them from humans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
The game is played in bumper-car-like carts while you wield a lacrosse-style stick and try to score, and within minutes everyone in our group was laughing.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
"I really wanted to try to transcend the car racing," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
She came to visit once or twice, always at an inconvenient time, and after her distracted daughter snapped at her during finals week junior year, she didn’t try to visit again.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Faith has simply passed from one generation to the next, the way traditions do when no one tries to stop them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Montes shadows the quarterbacks and tries to listen in on Chesney and others whenever he can.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
If a client wants to buy, he tries to understand what’s motivating the desire.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
France has started imposing fees on fast fashion items which could reach almost €20 per garment by 2030, as the government tries to curb sales of cheap clothing sold by e-commerce sites.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Belle tries to help by tensing, lifting her foot.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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The organization tried to lean on Ohtani’s expertise, noting how unprecedented his career has been.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
He tried again and again to call his wife and 18-month-old daughter in Salletar, a settlement where many workers at Upper Trishuli 1 live.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
TTP said that it tried reporting ads via Meta's own reporting system and that of the 84 ads that ran in India, they were able to report 55.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Macron has tried to do the same in France but the country's top court struck down the proposed law on freedom of expression grounds in August.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
“Most people think I have died because I have tried very hard to efface the past,” she writes.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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“For me, it’s just really trying to be mindful of the long season,” Roberts said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
"I'm just trying to view myself as a manager, and I'm managing some people, and I'm also managing AI agents, or AI loops, or whatever you want to call it."
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
"People are always trying to buy this place, but no. They'll have to drag me out of here feet-first," she said in her thick Cockney accent.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Its new leader, Nick Bilton, is trying to move past a tumultuous period when the show itself was the story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
“You’re not the first person to say that, though. We’ve been here forever, but like you, we’re still trying to be seen.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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