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[sayv] / seΙͺv /




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Plus, even HSA owners who spend their funds each year can save on taxes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

But after Gouken’s tragic murder — the particulars will eventually be revealed in flashbacks — Ken and Ryu went their separate ways, Ken never forgiving Ryu for failing to save Gouken’s life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

He started with the hope that A.I. translation could save his patients’ lives.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

The government is urging people to save water as it warns action is needed to prevent severe drought conditions becoming "the new normal".

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

I am trying to get him to lead so I can save Cookie for later, and I find him with his head between the back legs of a moose, frozen with terror.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

It also saves him from making turns, which is easier on a nagging hip injury he carried in college.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

That left Tanner Scott — last season’s purported closer — handling the bulk of the ninth-inning duties this season, and he finished with a career-high 25 saves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

"African football associations accept these deals because everything is taken care of. It saves them having to find opponents and organise friendlies," explained an expert on African football who asked not to be named.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

“I’m very stressed out about my debt,” Hill, who saves on housing costs by living with her mother, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

I sit by myself until Clay stops by and saves me.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

After one of his patients died, Stephen Hibbs believed A.I. could have saved him—at least, at first.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Parents who have family support nearby said that they saved about $1,915 per year on childcare by having willing grandparents babysit their kids or having family help buy groceries.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Now, with no evidence of disease after chemotherapy and surgery, she said: "I absolutely think that the coil saved my life, which is mad."

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

A successful challenge and strikeout would have saved a run in the first inning, because Turang came right around to score on William Contreras’ single.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

He had scrimped and saved enough money to build a home for elderly Jews in Hilversum—for the elderly of all faiths, in fact, for Willem was against any system of segregation.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Police said two people—a teacher and a father—heroically intervened to stop a 16-year-old shooter at a Bend, Ore., elementary school, saving others’ lives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

It helps that Hinojosa, whose entrance into holding office was being on the Austin school board, has made saving Texas schools the centerpiece of her campaign.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

His statement on social media continued: "The last few weeks have been a lot but our saving grace has been each other."

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Rather than saving all their workouts for the weekend, people may benefit from making movement a regular part of their daily routines.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Gloria says they’re saving the pig for their Nochebuena celebration at the end of the year.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar


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