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Even after a perfect home inspection, hidden issues can emerge after a new homeowner moves in.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
For three seasons, Clark has been the perfect vessel for this project.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Cristian Romero says he "wasn't perfect" during his five years with Tottenham Hotspur, with his move to Atletico Madrid confirmed.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
When World War II broke out, Mr. Chabal writes, “Hobsbawm had the perfect profile for appointment to the code-breaking team at Bletchley Park or for recruitment by the Soviet secret services.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
His flicking tail was keeping perfect time to the music of the hills.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
As “Maddie’s Secret” continues, and the titular Maddie falls deeper into the grasp of her titular secret, Early perfects that push and pull.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
The avatar perfects the theater, showing up with scripted answers.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
Ever wondered how an actor from Brisbane, Australia, perfects a Northern accent?
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026
Just as a chef perfects a dish by experimenting with flavors and textures, the researchers used an iterative process, testing variations to find the ideal structure for the ionizable lipid.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2024
What suits any nature perfects that nature, and suits it precisely in so far as it perfects it.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
How AQR perfected tax-loss harvesting to help the rich get richer.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
When Jamie Overton perfected his wide yorker, Brook simply reached across and audaciously sliced it over deep third for six.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Screenwriter-director John Hughes perfected the big-screen comedic treatment of travel gone south with classics such as “Home Alone,” “National Lampoon’s Vacation” and “Planes, Trains and Automobiles.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Inside, we perfected our power snap—the subtle whipping motion at the end of the cast—with severed rod handles, looking more like budding wizards than fishermen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Then she wrote it down again in fourth period, erased it during fifth, and finally perfected it in sixth.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
Hollywood studios in the 1990s were perfecting the art of the blockbuster even as indie filmmakers found new ways to reach ordinary moviegoers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Hunched over sizzling grills and shrouded in smoke, trainees at the Yueyang Barbecue Academy in southern China roast skewer after skewer of succulent beef tendon, perfecting the skills that could land them a restaurant job.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
He said that in a world focused on technology, where people can become caught up in making videos or perfecting production, writing requires nothing more than a pen and paper.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
The company’s ability to operate space-based data centers and ramp up rocket launches depends on perfecting critical technology.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
“They don’t need horses to pull them. They were still perfecting the design when I left.”
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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