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Released in 2013, the next instalment, "GTA V", involves a microcosm of US class warfare with stereotypes on both sides: left-leaning urbane hipsters pitted against Midwestern rednecks.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
First, businesses can advocate for increased Perkins V resources federally, while pushing state and local policymakers to shore up additional program funding.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
The other is an extended version of United Launch Alliance's Centaur V upper stage, which would hold additional propellant.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
It consisted of two concrete pipes, each about 16 feet long and 3 feet in diameter, that descended in an elongated V shape to provide drainage under a road near the village of Petropavlivka.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Figure 5.33: Much Western music is harmonically pretty simple, so it can be very useful just to know I, IV, and V in your favorite keys.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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Contemporaries regarded this merciless battle as “a second Agincourt,” akin to Henry V’s victory, against the odds, in 1415.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
It would have been the sixth Royal Navy vessel to bear the name of the famous victory in 1415, when Henry V's Army defeated the French.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2025
Jimin’s sophisticated synthpop, Jungkook’s neo-disco acrobatics, V’s misty R&B and Suga’s ferocious rapping all proved their mettle outside the context of the band.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
Grand Theft Auto VI will arrive more than a decade after Grand Theft Auto V’s 2013 release.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
When I got older, I went over to Mrs. V’s every afternoon after school.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
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What do you say to that person who doesn’t know how to broach the five Vs?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2025
The announcement comes after Mr Bates Vs the Post Office drew in more than 10 million viewers and dominated the headlines last month.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2024
So far, they have raised £24,500 for the Young Lives Vs Cancer charity, that supports Harry's family.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2023
The project’s nature-themed name is making it easier for the topic to gain traction on social media than other oil projects with more technical-sounding names, said Cassidy DiPaolo, spokesperson for People Vs.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2023
The probability of obtaining 4XX is Vs x Ws x % = 25/2i6, which is also the probability of obtaining X4X and XX4.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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Patrick’s breathing had become even more labored and Dr. Nadas said, “Welton, we go see the president” — his Hungarian accent turning the w’s into v’s.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2013
His th's slurred together, and his w’s started sounding like v’s.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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Virginian hears 2 v's signaled faintly in spark similar to Titanic's, probably adjusting spark. 12.27 a. m. 2.17. a. m.
From Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' by British Government
My p's and b's would wobble and bend till they looked like f's and v's, if I tried to halve a letter I quartered it.
From Far Off Things by Arthur Machen
Bites her nails, cannot pronounce her h's, and misplaces her v's and w's.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 327, August 16, 1828 by Various
Chris vs Chris: Who's running in the New Zealand election?
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
Where Toyota has been successful is selling electric – notably, hybrid – vehicles, that now account for 55.6% of total sales, vs 46.7% last year.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
Starting this year, filers can deduct only 90% of their net gambling losses vs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Bauza had voiced a number of characters in this summer's animated hit Coyote vs.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
“How we used to film the Janna Yusuf Show every Sunday? This episode we called ‘Clean vs.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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