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Woodward said his diving career was mapped out from the age of seven, when talent-spotters from City of Sheffield Diving Club visited his primary school in Millhouses.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The country's eye-watering electric bills -- the highest in the region -- were the primary driver of his decision, he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
She has established herself as the front-runner of a crowded primary, and that takes real acumen and skill.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Melgar allegedly used public transit on local bus routes as his primary means of transportation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Fuller’s boss, Robert Foust, backed the decision to bring in organization vehicles, reasoning that the primary purpose of Operation Breakthrough was, after all, to help neighborhood councils.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
This time, progressive and Black political organizations have largely united behind McKinney in a historically Black district, making the incumbent vulnerable to the anti-establishment mood sweeping Democratic primaries.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
At the hospital, Jack learns that the man behind the wheel was Governor George McRyan, a presidential hopeful polling extremely well in the primaries, who left a campaign event with Sally as his escort.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
But every New Yorker’s taxes pay for these primaries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The Times compared the process with previous midterm primaries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
I’d voted for Barack many times before, in primaries and general elections, in state-level and national races, and this trip to the polls felt no different.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
One former lawmaker, Dallas’ Jason Villalba, knows what it’s like to be primaried by a GOP rival backed by insurgent groups.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2023
"I see the biggest upswing in the local races. Someone who is 65 years old, a farmer and county commissioner, he could easily be primaried by a younger cat using the technology."
From Reuters ● May 30, 2023
Manchin brushed off the warning, saying, “I’ve been primaried my entire life. That would not be anything new for me.”
From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2022
“I’ve been primaried my entire life. That would not be anything new for me. I’ve never run an election where I wasn’t primaried,” Mr. Manchin said.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 18, 2022
He will die a senator or be primaried and spend the rest of his life just hanging out around the Capitol.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2015
In 1998, the Working Families Party began testing the strategy: primarying the worst incumbents, endorsing the best and running third-party races only when it made sense.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2019
In Rhode Island, it is former secretary of state Matt Brown and Bernie Sanders-organizer Aaron Regunberg primarying Raimondo and her lieutenant governor.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 10, 2018
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