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She recalled proudly walking around the playground thinking "I'm holding Nansi's hand today".
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
"I'm excited long-time problems are now solved, but on the other hand, I have mixed feelings, because AI seems to have solved these difficult problems so easily," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Muriel Spark, best remembered for her sophisticated and witty fiction, tried her hand at verse-writing with a series of poems about Bluebell the kitten.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Berlant, on the other hand, relishes the chance to remind her audiences of just how blissfully hysterical the world can be.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
Aunt J goes to her room and comes back with gifts in hand.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Suddenly her partner, Billy Evans, wrests the bowl from her hands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Existing five-fingered hands on the market aren’t reliable enough for the work that Tau’s robots are doing, Pinkerton told me.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
A World Cup and Champions League winner, one of the few trophies Olivier Giroud hasn't got his hands on is the Premier League title despite a knack for scoring important goals off the bench.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
He said 50% of the discharges the force dealt with were from shotguns which had been owned lawfully, but stolen in burglaries and ended up in criminal hands.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
One of the common symptoms of HD is pale or slightly red areas on the skin that have lost feeling, or loss of feeling on the hands or feet.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
The vote handed Lula, a former trade union leader, a major victory just 10 days before the runoff, giving him a popular achievement to champion among working-class voters who have traditionally formed his political base.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
“Is it based on colonial standards? Or is it based on maintaining our cultural richness and our legacy, that is handed down to us regardless of where we are?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
I handed over a towel and a pair of pants and watched as the robot went to work.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court has set aside the death sentence handed to a Sri Lankan migrant worker over a comment he made on Facebook, Colombo's Deputy Foreign Minister Arun Hemachandra said.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
When Oliver handed my book back to me, I took it and stuffed it into my bag.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
Blake told the BBC: "If it seems good to be true, it probably is. If you are considering handing over money upfront then seek advice."
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Santos said that along the way he met some evangelicals who were there to support the pilgrims, "handing out water, fruit and medicine."
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
They took your coat at the door and are handing it back one sleeve a quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
One of Paramount’s new junk-rated notes changed hands near 96 cents on the dollar, handing investors a steep first-day loss, before regaining some ground on Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
“No animal did that,” Tansy said, handing me the bucket.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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