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Overdeck and Siegel each needed to sign off on senior executives’ compensation, resulting in some bonus payments being held up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
A movie star appearing on television was a sign of terminal decline.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
The couple placed a “do not disturb” sign on their door as they left, according to Boucher.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Burwood claimed she had only been asking the pensioner to "sign a condolence card" and it was "not in relation to signing a document".
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
And while Gingersnipes was not the superstitious type, she could not help but think that this new life was some sort of sign from Clare.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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The public discontent showed no signs of subsiding on Monday, with demonstrators blocking the entrance to Paris's iconic Louvre Museum, the most visited in the world.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
In Washington, demonstrators gathered at the Lincoln Memorial carrying signs reading “VOTE EARLY” and “HANDS OFF MY VOTE!”
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
When the scientists restored TIMP2 in the bloodstream of older mice, these cells became better at removing cellular debris and showed fewer molecular signs of inflammation and other potentially harmful changes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
But there are signs some are feeling the same up-or-out pressure as Musk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Lily flips through the newspaper until she recognizes the big square with the astrology signs.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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SoS Causeway Hospital group, Save Our Services Daisy Hill and the Down Community Health committee were the other three groups that signed the letter.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
But they are all gone and now Reaves, who signed a four-year, $180-million contract extension, is one of the leaders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Some 117 scientists working on the new report signed an open letter saying: "Our message to governments and to the world is simple: we will keep working."
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
The Los Angeles Rams fell to a 2-4 record after an 18-16 loss to the Arizona Cardinals, following a knee injury to newly signed kicker Blake Grupe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
“I signed an agreement,” Dad said to Ivy’s mom.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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"Once the contracts are signed, the fuel will reach the markets -- in this case, the US markets -- within 15 to 20 days," said Novak, without setting a date for signing the contracts.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
One of the recent summer recruits, Kevin Danso – a loan signing from Tottenham Hotspur - was bullied by Evanilson in the build-up to Marcus Tavernier's opener in just the sixth minute.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
McVay was busy releasing Mevis and signing Grupe, and dealing with the NFL’s suspension of left tackle Alaric Jackson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
The Slovenia forward, a £74m signing from RB Leipzig in August 2025, suffered a recurrence of the shin injury that curtailed his 2025-26 season in last month's EFL Cup defeat by Brighton.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
I turn to see Autumn repeatedly signing, “Move! Move!”
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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