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Michael Fogg, 47, of Cyncoed, Cardiff, offered his services to Cancer Research UK's free will writing scheme, but when the charity contacted people he claimed to represent, they said they had not used the solicitor.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
The department has sought $15,000 from the City Council to hire an outside law firm to represent the city with negotiations with a company called 44 Blue Productions LLC.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
Those points might represent cities, PCs, subway stations, or organs, while the connections could stand for highways, cables, railway lines, or blood vessels.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
Those shares now represent around 9% of its shares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
“It is an allegory. Those beasts of prey represent our worldly troubles,” Brother Ugo explained.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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"This system represents a unique way to potentially build a molecular sensor and switch encoded in DNA and RNA, that no one has thought of before," Zhang says.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
The proposition was spearheaded by Councilmember Traci Park, who represents the region.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
The figure represents financial aid associated with potentially fraudulent accounts, not confirmed losses.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The new payout, equal to $7.28 a year, represents an annual yield of about 2.5% based on Thursday’s closing price of $290.79.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Each one contains a substance that represents each faction: gray stones for Abnegation, water for Erudite, earth for Amity, lit coals for Dauntless, and glass for Candor.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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The South L.A. district has long been represented by a Black council member, but over the last few decades it has undergone a demographic shift and today is about 80% Latino.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
In an earlier exchange on X, a user argued the losses represented just 0.69% of Binance’s total assets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Northern Ireland was represented by officials at the meeting amid the political fallout from the Drumcree parade dispute.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Decades ago, retirement planning was likened to a “three-legged stool”: one leg represented a pension, another leg represented Social Security and the last stood for the individual’s own personal savings and investments.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
The great Italian painters were all represented: Raphael, Titian, Tintoretto.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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Masawe told AFP his organisation is representing around 56 people facing terrorism-related charges.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
Rather than representing only a breakdown in muscle function, the shift toward slow-twitch fibers appears to be a protective response.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
UBS said its results were helped by the addition of $55.1 billion of net new assets in global wealth management, representing a 4.5% annualized growth rate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Part of his contrition comes from the undoubtable passion and pride Lewis has about representing his country.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
The densely packed rectangles of the houses are seen from above, while the mountain is shown in profile, its slope covered with dots representing blobs of lava.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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