return
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At one point, the topic of whether to return to the homeland or not came up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
The surprise return of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to the UK has been noisy.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
The capsule carrying material from Phobos is not expected to return to Earth until 2031.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Kim is likely to return to North Korea the same day, Yonhap said, citing unnamed sources.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
All was silent, and I found that the dead would not return.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Unbeaten Smith, 29, returns to the ring for the first time since becoming world champion with a stunning knockout of Subriel Matias in New York in January.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
They poured a record sum into a risky leveraged exchange-traded fund designed to amplify daily returns on semiconductor shares.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
The new Vision returns to a lonely, disconnected world where AI companions are an increasing part of our lives, if not entirely normalized.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
To rank the boards’ financial performance, we measured total shareholder returns over three- and 10-year time frames, pitting companies against their peers rather than the entire index.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
A gust of wind combs across my face, just as my vision returns to me.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Since arriving at Wild Ireland, McLaughlin said both bears have gained weight, their coats have improved, and follow-up blood tests have shown that their kidney function has returned to normal.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Wisconsin’s data does not distinguish ballots sent by mail from those cast in drop boxes or in person, making it impossible to definitively measure rejection rates just for ballots returned by mail.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
He returned and produced more than 100 yards receiving in each of the next two games, and then caught six passes for 80 yards in Sunday’s 18-16 defeat by the Arizona Cardinals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
In 1765 he boarded a ship to America and never returned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
That night real joy 225 returned to my worship.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
It feels as though some semblance of the old Spurs is returning, although they remain unconvincing in attack with just eight goals in as many games.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Among 1,137 patients whose melanoma had been surgically removed, adding the vaccine to Merck’s immunotherapy Keytruda cut the risk of the cancer returning, or of death, by 42% compared with Keytruda alone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
This is the Altadena story at the moment — some people are returning, some are leaving, some haven’t yet decided.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
Pawlikowski has said that he keeps returning to the past in his films because addressing our modern ills directly would be too daunting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Go home! thought Jeremy, sending her an image of herself returning through the little door.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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