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She said she could not sleep at all and was waking up every hour to check the fire's progress.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The average check is $2,000 a month, and, while that’s a lot of money to some people, it’s going to make for a modest retirement after paying for rent, utilities, food and transportation.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Also, we’ll explain more in tomorrow’s Your Morning Slate, but if you’re looking for a surprisingly good watch from a rival platform, check out HBO’s Stuart Fails to Save the Universe.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
It isn’t unusual for a vendor to switch from check to ACH, Town Administrator Gerry Vincent noted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
I check my time once I’ve gone a mile, and it’s only been seven minutes and forty-eight seconds.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
They said they had done their best to do their own background checks.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
“Obsession” is a pulpy, prodigious summer hit that checks boxes without posing any new questions.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Before joining the platforms, workers undergo background checks, including police verification.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Their checks indicate that demand hasn’t improved as quickly as valuations, especially for on-cycle reporters including Qualys, Rapid7, and Check Point Software Technologies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The catcher blocks the ball with his chest protector, gobbles it up, and checks Luis down at second.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
Eli is making a party mix that contains pretzels and chex.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
How many cups of pretzels and how many cups of chex does he need to make 12 cups of party mix?
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
For each cup of pretzels, he uses three cups of chex.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
Jenny Lin, a senior product designer who lives in San Francisco, said that AI content still needs to be checked by humans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
The simulations produced solutions that aligned with theoretical predictions and performed well on smaller problems where the correct answers could be checked.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
On commercial flights, the risk from cargo is twofold: passengers who have mistakenly packed a lithium battery in their checked luggage, and retailers shipping electronics without using mandated fire-safe packaging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The early medieval masterpiece, which tells the story of the events leading up to 1066 and the Norman Conquest, is being checked over by French and British conservators ahead of going on display in September.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
How I’d stood by his shoulder when he did the books or checked the inventory.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
He had been checking on a pizza delivery for him and his father Will Robbins.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
He faces three felony counts of grand theft by embezzlement and one felony count of insufficient checking funds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
I’ve worked for many, and I know the distinct frustration of being pinged with, “Just checking in!” less than an hour after being asked how something is “coming along.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Two years ago, rushing to finish a slide for a sermon on a South Pacific missionary, he dropped in an AI-generated image without checking it closely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
She looked into my eyes, like she was checking to make sure that smile had its roots deep down inside of me.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan