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Organizers say volunteers will explain voting rights, try to de-escalate confrontations and document potential intimidation or other misconduct.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Otherwise the IRS might try to treat the loan as a taxable gift.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The audit also found two controller’s office employees received $33,000 in salary overpayment, but the office took more than a year to try and claw back the funds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Some of the other kids have money to try things now — sports, academic enrichment, music lessons, language lessons, vacations, summer camps — because their parents have more money left even after saving for college.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Cooking, I try my best to balance the temperature and heat.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Starbucks shares are still up 10.7% so far this year, as the coffee chain tries to revive sales with new drinks and more welcoming coffee shops.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Aaron says he tries to embrace the darker times that come with his grief.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Rock awkwardly tries to expand this into a story about mental illness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Senator still tries to be frugal when eating out with friends, especially as she and her husband save up to buy a house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
She rips them off and tries to hand it to me.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
And while serving in government, Noem adviser Corey Lewandowski reportedly tried to persuade Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to hire him on the side.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
More restaurants have tried to lure consumers back with discounts and other deals.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
The 26-year-old man crashed the vehicle that was used to haul luggage and tried to take another vehicle in the airfield, but was detained by Airport Police Services, a spokesperson for John Wayne Airport said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
A month after its Millennium Prize solution, OpenAI released findings on more than 300 problems—and tried to win back the world of math.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
I understood now why our moms had tried so hard to grow a friendship between Sela and me—to give us what they’d never had.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The star noted that she had been trying her best to not break down in public, instead coping with her emotions behind closed doors.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
The company has been trying to enter India since 2021 and has secured key licences.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
American has instructed employees to keep trying to get customers to agree to an offer, even if it means a brief flight delay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
“If you’re trying to compact a mud puddle, it wouldn’t really compact, right?” he said at a trailhead off of Agoura Road.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
It’s a maddening stop-and-go of straining, rearing horses, groaning oxen and mules, trying to break from the jammed pack.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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