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The agreement with the United States aims to turn "cold, inert" resources underground to "a source of social and economic well-being for the people of Venezuela," she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Gold Phoenix was near the back of the pack in the field of 11 until the far turn, when jockey Hector Berrios began urging him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Scored his second goal in two games with a smart turn and finish in off the post.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Build a user base as quickly as possible, which in turn signals to investors there is a market fit, justifying more funding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
“Sorry,” I say, as I fumble around in the depths of my bag, missing it multiple times in my desperation to turn it off while it keeps screaming its obnoxious announcement.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
"This was a good opportunity to go back and go over all of our assumptions - it turns out, yes, we do understand this stuff and we're accounting for it in our cosmology measurement."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
The bedrooms themselves differ from those of his typical houses and in character are more like staterooms, comfortable private cabins for sleeping between your turns on deck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
"It turns out we were treated like animals," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The director of ‘Alien,’ ‘Blade Runner,’ ‘Gladiator’ and the new postapocalyptic ‘The Dog Stars’ turns his eye toward AI, global warming and kindness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The Chuck look-alike turns and stares right at me.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
A clean break turned out to be an illusion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
She said the site was turned into a Crusader fortress between the 12th and 13th centuries.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
USC still turned the sterling field position into points.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Of the 10, four turned out to share the same donor: Audrey, her brother Peter, Sophie and Sophie's brother David - highlighting how real the risk of a shared donor had always been.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
“The little girl turned to him and said, ‘Police help people.’
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
In summer 1999, Bayoumi filmed the United States Capitol in Washington DC from different angles, noting a "plan", and turning the camera on himself to deliver a reporter-style commentary.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
“That’s the first really iconic image of man turning into himself,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
This goes all kinds of wrong, setting off a viral brouhaha and turning the hapless Owen into an unwitting pariah.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
As for what could be a turning point for this story, Hartnett and his team are looking at two things that could happen in the coming months.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
As he was turning to go, Fin-Kedinn called him back.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
