to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities
you can take the white side this time, since I got to be white for our last chess game
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During this past weekend’s practice, the 6-foot-4, 215-pound receiver again worked inside with the strength staff to begin practice instead of taking reps with the wideouts.—
Pete Sampson,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2026 Consumers are being more proactive than ever and taking their health into their own hands.—
Amy O’Brien,
Vogue,
18 Aug. 2026 Specifically, the order prevents the town and its officials from holding a vote on, approving, adopting or taking any action to implement Resolution 26-25 concerning the Circle T Data Center, including at the special meeting underway on Monday.—
Marvin Hurst,
CBS News,
17 Aug. 2026 Furthermore, individuals are taking greater ownership of their career development, often planning beyond a single employer and exploring non-linear paths or side hustles.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2026 Towns and cities are enacting bans on construction seemingly by the day, including in nearby areas in Washington, out of fears of higher electricity bills, pollution and AI taking their jobs.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
11 Aug. 2026 Skubal also issued two walks and hit a batter with a pitch in just his second career appearance at Dodger Stadium, taking the mound nine days after the defending champions acquired him from Detroit in the biggest trade of the deadline.—ABC News,
11 Aug. 2026 The company has been growing its third-party marketplace and taking steps to commercialize its supply chain, often considered its strongest asset.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,
CNBC,
10 Aug. 2026 Hammon didn’t play four-time MVP A’ja Wilson, Chelsea Gray or Jackie Young – three usual Aces starters – with Jewell Loyd, Dana Evans and Brianna Turner taking their spots instead.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Aug. 2026
The beautiful, heirloom quality cookware is a quintessential gift or kitchen upgrade.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Aug. 2026
Nashville then moved two goals clear in the 56th minute when Cristian Espinoza sent a pass across toward the near post and Surridge converted nonchalantly with a beautiful heel flick.
This, in turn, left the defence exposed, with Sheffield United having 20 attempts on goal in Wrexham’s 2-1 fightback win at Bramall Lane in mid-March.
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Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2026
Macron had ordered the government to expedite this bill’s passage through parliament, with the aim of having legislation in place for the beginning of the school year in September.
In a desperate attempt to avoid getting their fingers caught in the cookie jar, there is a pell-mell sprint toward finding a watermark removal app that can yank out the digital watermarks.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2026
The administration has almost always characterized Iran never getting a nuclear weapon as the overriding concern.
There’s also a guest each episode selecting the songs; past curators include longtime Dead publicist Dennis McNally, Phil Lesh’s sons Grahame and Brian Lesh, and others (including this writer).
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Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
16 Aug. 2026
Kurz said that the field team put careful consideration into selecting each site.
Enterprises buying an appliance, an edge inference product or a private deployment from a systems integrator should ask which artifact ships inside it.
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Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2026
The company also acquired a bank, expanded to tourism and even considered buying an airline.
Gobillard hopes to complete the harvest at the estate in about nine days, a job requiring around 120 workers recruited mostly from across France and Poland.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Aug. 2026
Projects expected to have significant regional impacts are required to go through the DRI process to help local governments with infrastructure planning, but the agency only began requiring that large solar projects participate last year.
According to the country's Home Affairs department, which briefed lawmakers on Tuesday, the country has spent nearly $18 million accommodating and transporting immigrants who demanded to return to their home countries.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Aug. 2026
The 50-sheet feeder also works with multiple types of paper and different sizes batches, easily accommodating your needs.
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