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Rai emulating Jim Barnes in 1919 proves Fleetwood correct, these longstanding records and anomalies can be broken.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
“It’s moving so fast on my Instagram right now that my analytics will not pull up the correct numbers,” Lamb said of her post.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
To determine which explanation was correct, the researchers used an advanced combination of sample preparation and materials characterization techniques.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
In contrast, 13% got none of the answers correct.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
“We’ll train separately and I’ll beat you on race day,” I correct him.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
“It’s not a romance, it’s a love story,” she immediately corrects him.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
As the market corrects its math, the quality names should outperform.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
"After 160 years of getting it wrong, this paper corrects this very important feature based not on guesswork, but on empirical evidence."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2026
It also analyzes whether an outlet acknowledges and corrects errors, reveals conflicts of interest, and distinguishes news reporting from opinion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Another passenger, soaked, was having car trouble and had to ditch his van—no, wait, his Mercedes, Rufus corrects, because a train ride is a humbling experience for this rich guy.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
If VAR had been available, Scottish referee Hugh Dallas could have corrected the missed call, awarding a penalty and giving Frings a red card, expelling him for the final 40 minutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Prior to that, Micron shares had been caught up in a broader tech selloff as the market corrected from previously overheated investor enthusiasm.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
But if the wording was problematic, it could have been corrected for the November ballot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
However, the report itself has neither been withdrawn nor corrected.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026
When Locri was destroyed by one of his legates, the Locrians were not avenged by him, nor was the arrogance of that legate corrected, all this arising from his easygoing nature.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
After correcting, he was greeted by a section of The Oval crowd rising to applaud him.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Treating old stem cells with the lysosomal inhibitor increased their blood-forming ability in living animals by more than eightfold, highlighting the powerful regenerative effects of correcting lysosomal dysfunction.
From Science Daily ● May 12, 2026
He says he’s doing nothing other than correcting or updating the many cases and the acts of Congress that have had a pretty long-standing history until today.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2026
And some of the layoffs may have more to do with correcting earlier overhiring than seizing the AI moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
“Wrote a good story,” I say, correcting her.
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
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