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From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2026

“Please, please I just want something, I’ll do anything,” the hungry 8-year-old boy would beg, according to his sister, whose identity The Times is withholding because she is a juvenile.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

"There are sharks in the ocean and we're still surfing... it's a can do, not a can't do - please change the mindset here," he said at the time.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

“Everyone please give them a hand,” the MC said, as Japanese liquor was passed around.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

"The mill must keep working, Bronden. We cannot close it down to gallivant whenever we please."

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

This isn’t just teenage dramatics: Elephant seals don’t hunt or eat as they molt, so he’s hungry and tired and will sleep wherever he damn pleases.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

The ITC’s remedy recommendation hit Mr. Trump’s desk on May 18, and he has 60 days from that date to rule as he pleases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026

But a little later, Laura asks to stay with this good Samaritan rather than go with the EMTs, an arrangement that clearly pleases Betty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026

"The industry won't be successful if the illicit market does as it pleases."

From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026

I like to come here, to his old palace, because it pleases me to see his works in ruins.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

A few kilometres further south, in San Marzano Oliveto, 41-year-old Luca Garberoglio is also pleased with a fine harvest and insists that stocks are "manageable" at the scale of the small Barbera d'Asti area.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

The solar industry is pleased to see its projects getting the OK.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

"We are pleased to have secured record revenues," said chief executive Omar Berrada.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

"I couldn't be more pleased," says Schraf-Fletcher, who turned to Leigh Casadaban, MD, MS, assistant professor of radiology at the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, for the treatment.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Looking very pleased with himself, he smiled and said, “I think I’ve got it figured out. You know you can always figure things out if you use your head a little bit.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

It might also support the whole pleasing vibe producers seem to be going for with this hosting choice.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

Herbert and the starting offense, though, made sure they left something pleasing on film.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Each scenario asks players to pick one action from three choices on the screen, with each potentially upsetting or pleasing the different factions.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

Professional engineers have said Nakagawa's products can be aesthetically pleasing and thought-provoking, but that his system is not practical.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

“How very pleasing and proper of him!” cried the good-hearted Mrs. John Knightley.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen