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Because, like the rest of us, Piker can’t wrap his head around the polls.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
Pope Leo, who recently underwent surgery for lung cancer, will wrap up his first Latin American tour in Peru, after visiting Uruguay and Argentina.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
“I don’t know how to wrap my head around it,” Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark recently wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
Even the location of the meeting, which will wrap up on Thursday, has not been announced.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Spying an empty bus shelter on the opposite side of the street, I sit on the icy metal bench and wrap my arms tight around my calves, rest my forehead on my knees.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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In September, executives announced what they said would be the company’s biggest menu upgrade ever, with new chicken sandwiches, wings and wraps, hand-breaded chicken, fresher coffee and larger burgers.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
There was talk before Saturday's match that Alonso was keeping his plans to start Estevao against Manchester United under wraps, having faced questions from the media about the winger in the build-up.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
The Paragard uses a plastic, T-shaped frame; copper wraps around the stem and arms.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026
In 2026, one can’t bring Amanda Seyfried, star of “The Dropout,” into the process of a Fielder-led documentary, show it to the public and expect that Seyfried’s presence will stay under wraps.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
When the grown-ups are gone, Elena rushes over to me and Nora and wraps her arms around us.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
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Inside his trailer, he deployed a tool he invented: a broom handle wrapped in paper towels and duct tape, lovingly dubbed the “magic ferret plunger.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Filming wrapped on the three-part Christmas special at the end of August.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
ASEAN's special Myanmar envoy, Philippines Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro, wrapped up a two-day visit to the nation Thursday, with no sign of meeting detained democratic ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
All this is wrapped up in one great line: “It’s not the same without growing old together. Without that, love is just heartbreak.”
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
He had his long arms wrapped around his little friends as if he were protecting them.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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While inland China was wrapt in its customary slumber, the coast provinces, from Kwangtung to Chihli, effervesced in a variety of bubbles.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He closed his eyes again, and listened with wrapt attention.
From A Gamble with Life by Silas K. (Silas Kitto) Hocking
You should know," she quietly observed, looking up from her book with a serious wrapt expression which seemed as if reflected from beyond the gates, "that the world and I have parted company.
From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
Both men listen with the most wrapt attention to what you say, and by smiles and vigorous nods of the head seem to believe in every word you speak.
From Sidelights on Chinese Life by J. (John) Macgowan
Reserving his fire as he advanced, he passed alone through the hostile fleet, within close pistol range, wrapt in flame as he swept on.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley
She said she wanted parents to feel part of the process so they were also given wrapping paper and labels.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
When Yankovic spoke to us, he was wrapping up his Bigger & Weirder tour, which spanned two years and included 165 concerts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Fifield was wrapping up a high-profile prosecution of a retired Navy admiral who traded a government contract for a future job.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
The Eagles should have run a little more clock down, but wrapping this baby up should have been easy, right?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
It’s wrapped in balloon-covered “Happy Birthday” wrapping paper.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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