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That premise was handed to the designers at Uncommon Creative Studio, an agency with the likes of SiriusXM and Guinness on its client list, to turn into a visual identity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
"New York has already been impressed with the result. Now it's Manchester's turn," he added.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
These enormous worlds reach temperatures so intense that even materials normally found in solid rock can turn into gas.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
It may come down to whether older voters, who are likely to favor Bass, turn out in greater numbers than younger voters, who are likely to favor Raman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
I turn onto the road, and everyone is quiet.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
You can’t view a live feed from the HomeView’s built-in camera like you can on Amazon’s Echo Show or Google’s Nest Hub, which turns the devices into an indoor security camera.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
From pecs to decks, students in Nottingham are trying a new workout that turns a gym into a club night.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
It isn’t only the NBA that’s a make-or-miss league, turns out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Rails: Nearly 200 electromagnets along the rails generate a magnetic field that pulls the shuttle along the track and turns them off again as it passes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
An awkward silence hangs in the air for a few seconds before Helen turns to me and finally explains.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
The interior ministry said 161,500 people turned out for Tuesday's demonstrations held in Paris and other cities.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
The military said it had turned around 135 vessels since the blockade resumed July 14.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
But Howen, who is also a Fortnite live-streamer, doesn't think that people will be turned off from playing Epic's flagship game.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
The investor would pay $2,000 in performance fees for the first year’s unrealized gains of $10,000, with no fee reduction in year two even if those unrealized gains turned into actual losses of $10,000.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
The question Clare had asked so many wandering souls, he now turned on himself: Peace, Pleasure, or Progress?
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
So my message to your letter writer is to be careful about turning a lesson in spending too much into a judgment of people who haven’t hit the same milestones.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Plus, a former Raven solved a decades-old math problem, how the Man City scandal is turning into a geopolitical problem and Jason Gay on Mike Ditka.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Last week, a BA flight bound for Chicago spent five hours circling over Ireland, before turning back and landing at London Heathrow, where it had taken off.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
As police and protesters engage in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, social media savvy students are turning ingenuity into a form of resistance.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
“Officer Salzburg is here to discuss security,” she said, turning back to the large cast-iron pot on the stove.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
