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Comedian Dane Cook was fleeced by his business manager to the tune of $12 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

The Pied Piper’s greatest power was not simply his ability to play a captivating tune.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

This gives scientists a practical way to tune the properties of glass during manufacturing rather than relying entirely on the chemistry of the original ingredients.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

City's midfield was reshaped to the tune of £327m in the summer following the departures of captain Bernardo Silva and 2024 Ballon d'Or winner Rodri.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

The tune that Hamilton sang, called “General Wolfe’s Song,” was supposedly written by the great British general on the eve of his glorious death on the Plains of Abraham outside Quebec in 1759.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

From Boris Pickett’s “Monster Mash” to Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ “I Put A Spell on You” to, of course, “Thriller,” there are plenty of tunes to tap one’s toes with while trick-or-treating.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Bernie Taupin has been writing the lyrics for Elton John’s tunes, global megahits among them and over 400 total, since 1967.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The tunes are skeletal but pack a punch, especially when the singers push their rough-hewn vocals to dramatic peaks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Lewis, a proud Welsh speaker from Neath, started translating some of her favourite tunes in 2024, landed on the Parton classic and recorded a video of herself singing it.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

She hummed one of the tunes, and after a while in the hot, empty house by herself she felt the tears come in her eyes.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

It’s kind of like a lot of folks might go into a restaurant or a bar with the TV tuned to a game, but on mute.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

Despite the early hour in Japan, thousands of people tuned into the live stream, posting messages of encouragement.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Since Singapore joined F1’s schedule in 2008, the brains behind the finely tuned machines at the likes of Ferrari and McLaren have brought that same optimization to jet lag.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

California got its second satellite tuned to spot a powerful climate pollutant Thursday when it launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Lompoc.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

As I poured OJ into a glass, my ears tuned in to my parents’ escalating conversation.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

A swath of disaffected progressives started tuning in to his daily marathon livestreams, where Piker riffs on the latest batch of headlines with a trademark off-the-cuff panache.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

More than 15 million people have been tuning in to this series.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Like the original, the show became a cultural phenomenon, with more than 31 million viewers tuning in to its 1994 finale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Arellano: You know that Jake Tapper knows the average age of the audience tuning in to the debate is 65 or older when he quoted Johnny Carson’s famous Burbank putdown.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

This may also be another clue that ancient modes may have had more variety of tuning and pitch than modern keys do.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones