figures

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O'Neill has had to rebuild his squad since his return with younger players such as Conor Bradley, Shea Charles and Isaac Price becoming key figures in the promising team.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

The most prominent figures in artificial intelligence are stepping back from dire predictions about mass unemployment, as the industry faces growing public hostility over AI's promised transformation of the workplace.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

“The First Emancipation” highlights Brissot, demonstrating that his revolutionary contribution has been unduly overlooked because, unlike other revolutionary figures such as Georges Danton and Maximilien Robespierre, he was not a striking personality.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Those figures bode ill for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, whose organizers are also counting on a robust flow of foreign visitors.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

As for the figures who occupied the foreground of the work—well, yes, they were wolves, but they were happy, gentle wolves and featured a mama wolf tenderly playing with her cubs.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood