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Every time I have to redo something she did or correct her, I leave a comment explaining why.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
It could also have profound consequences for Einstein’s theory of general relativity, which has been proven correct time and time again in the century-plus since he published it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
When Regan cheerfully tells another disturbed child, “I was possessed by a demon. Oh, it’s OK. He’s gone!” ridicule is the correct response.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Chris' guest last week, Courteeners frontman Liam Fray, recorded 60 points with one exact score and two correct results.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
It was hard to imagine the small baby in the photo as himself, even though all the information was correct.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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He pauses, then corrects himself: "As fast as possible, of course."
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 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
“Now I have them all written down on a website. Or if my mom corrects me for something that I’m saying in Spanish, I now listen.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
I know about ovipositors, for laying eggs, on leaves, on caterpillars, on the surface of the water; they’re right out on the page, clearly labeled, on the diagrams of insects my father corrects at home.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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“The Lineman said that they were not new and were like this last year; he was also unsure why they were not corrected when it was inspected,” the investigators wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
But information arrives in fragments: a barcode result here, a recall notice there, a corrected FDA finding, a corporate statement, a congressional inquiry.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Frantic attempts to find survivors continued, as authorities revised the death toll down to 216 after local officials in Cali corrected earlier figures.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Ofcom said the incident breached Rule 5.1, which requires news to be reported with due accuracy, and Rule 5.2, which says significant mistakes must be corrected quickly.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
His name was Joseph Ryan—“Joey,” he’d corrected himself—and he worked, as she’d guessed, on Wall Street: he’d rattled off a string of names that she recognized as one of the big trading firms.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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“What’s up L.A.?” he paused before correcting himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Snider notes that the best-performing parts of the AI trade were the places hedge funds added most during the second quarter, and unsurprisingly, these were the sectors correcting most severely in July.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
This begins with correcting the dearth of knowledge inside the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other U.S. government agencies about the Brotherhood and Islamism in general.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
An upgrade package introduced by McLaren this weekend, their first since Miami, is the fruit of work aimed at correcting course, and the first signs are positive.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Instead of beating time or correcting their fingering, he spent the hour in a revery staring at their feet.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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