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Now, however, he has risen further than ever.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
Chacarra shot a second-round 71 on Friday to sit well down the field on three under, while Reed registered the same score to lie further back on one over.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
“Weaker figures could extend the decline in yields and provide further support,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Take the ice-dependent polar bear, rapidly losing its food-sustaining habitat and having to perilously adapt by nudging further and further into human spaces.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
“I want to be in the front, lead the charge. It took so much just to get this far, and now, it’s not far enough. I want to push us further along.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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That it’s taken this long to reach what could be a watershed moment speaks volumes about how every passing day furthers humanity’s desensitization.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026
"It's incredibly painful. It furthers our resolve to see this through until the bitter end because we can't bring him back," Webber said.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
And Lena reflects an archetypal American figure central to black culture and pride: the matriarch who, against considerable obstacles, holds together a family and furthers its ambitions through her personal integrity and fortitude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
But Dan Wasiolek, senior equity analyst at Morningstar, told MarketWatch that the deal furthers his belief that prediction-market competition is overstated.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
Both public and private effort furthers Western education in the East.
From The New World of Islam by Lothrop Stoddard
That all the music would be written by Americans—Aaron Copland and John Williams in addition to Mr. Glass—only furthered the patriotic angle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
SpaceX’s stock furthered its decline on Tuesday, extending its recent streak of losses to record a new intraday low.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
The Civic Memory Working Group that has recently furthered this effort left the city with a list of other historical obligations as yet unmet, challenging issues in the region’s past that remain unresolved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2025
Mr. Francis’ actions not only degraded the 7th Fleet’s readiness but shook the Fleet’s trust in its leadership who furthered his corrupt practices,” Kelly said.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2024
And since it doesn’t come naturally to many elementary students, it must be furthered by doing numerous problems, some practical, some more fanciful.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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But there were accusations from some BBC staff that Wilcox, who was her boss as well as her husband, was furthering her career, pointing out that BBC rules forbade married couples working together.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
GSK in June announced a $10.6-billion deal for Nuvalent, a Boston-based specialist in cancer treatments, furthering its push into both oncology and the United States.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Yet, Inouye-Perez and Fernandez not only chose to stick around the game, but to reinvest their time in furthering the league and sport altogether.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
“This establishes Canada as a heartland for Shell while furthering our strategy to deliver more value with less emissions,” Shell Chief Executive Wael Sawan said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
Despite her personal misgivings, Penelope thanked both of the young servants profusely for their willingness to spend their time furthering the children’s education.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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