promise
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That point harks back to a similar, unfulfilled promise by his father.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Clinicians said the vaccine holds promise, particularly for those with less advanced melanoma who don’t qualify for immunotherapy before surgery because their tumors are less visible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The ad offers a reason for his candidacy and life of public service, and ends what has been a tumultuous campaign on a grace note — and with an implicit promise.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez made a promise that the national government would provide resources to help in reconstruction during a visit to the Valencia region on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
If he couldn’t keep his promise to Glory or Llewelyn, what would they all do?
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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“That insight, compounded with proven technologies, promises incredibly high efficacy when personalized.”
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Still, the burden of the jury verdict and Judge Mathew’s order is that Meta can’t be trusted to live up to its promises.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
It’s not your stepmother’s job to make good on your father’s promises.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
An unemployed former hotel employee who gave her first name as Oumy said as she marched on the weekend that she no longer believed in the government's promises.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
There’s the Shock Wave—Scoob has no idea what Gs are, but the ride promises five-point-nine of them, and based on how his heart flip-flops around inside his body, he’d say it delivers.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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He has promised to resolve Brazil's crime woes, create 500,000 more spots in prisons and slash government spending.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
The companies sent supplemental information to regulators in July, adding commitments to ensure the proposed deal would provide faster, more reliable service as promised.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The Home Office said the force would receive the £2m it had been promised by the end of November.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Then, the piled money into AI as machine learning promised to open the door to an even more profitable future.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
He would rescue her in no more than thirty-two seconds, he had promised.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
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President Bola Tinubu kicked off his re-election campaign Saturday promising "a better tomorrow" as Nigeria prepares to head to the polls in a vote set to be defined by the rising cost of living.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
The follow-up study also produced an especially promising result.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Sam Fender has called out the price of gig tickets ahead of his next tour, promising to lower the cost.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
But underneath what seems promising, the beginnings of empathy and maybe healing, there’s something performative and calculated in this fast bond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
To the Paris police, it was an extremely promising lead: a thief who stole from the Louvre and a Parisian painter who bought stolen goods.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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