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The deals will allow Venture Global over time to make up to 10 gigawatts of computing capacity available at sites the company owns or controls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
And ultimately, that is what Tanden is up against.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
Amisha, whose name has also been changed, said she signed up with Synetal after being told that both a placement and visa sponsorship were guaranteed.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
The postponements are so frequent and the sums so astronomical that it’s becoming a sport among the literati to come up with new ways to make the numbers make sense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
“Yeah, I give up two afternoons a week to Black Alliance—that’s time away from practicing, but it’s worth it to me.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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Pick ups and drop offs at home can be a hot mess.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
For most of the season, through ups, downs and injuries, Ohtani has led off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
And, despite ups and downs under various bosses since, the 28-year-old is now into his seventh season with the European giants.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
That means it is not immune from the stock market’s ups and downs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
The help could involve police and detectives—as well as higher ups.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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But Sorkin has changed his name and upped his age, so as fun and ferocious as Burr is, we also spend his scenes feeling a little confused.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
He upped the ante in 2024 by saying that the Roadster would hit 60 mph from zero in less than one second.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
She also upped the production from her last Brat tour, with more elaborate staging, numerous costume changes, dramatic pyro and strobe lighting, and she was accompanied by a host of dancers and a live band.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
It upped its cost forecast for gold production by around 10%, forecasting each ounce of gold to cost between $2,380 and $2,500 to produce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
So he upped the ante and gave himself a fake heart attack.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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The ubiquity of AI-assisted answering has companies upping their screening tactics during video interviews to ensure the people they’re hiring really know what they’re talking about and are who they say they are.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Analysts at Jefferies, headed by Joseph Gallo, also changed their price target for the stock, upping it to $240 from a prior estimate of $230, and referring to the company as “a clear fundamental winner.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
The company said it plans to use the funds to repurchase additional Disney shares, upping its target for fiscal 2026 repurchases to be at least $9 billion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
"Our work reveals how a lack of arginine interferes with the immune system, and suggests that upping arginine intake could prove beneficial," says first author Qiushuang Wu, a postdoc in the lab.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
As their demands increased, upping the ante, so to speak, Bloom’s temper threatened to flare.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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