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turfs

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variants also turves

plural of turf

as in territories

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Positioning the commercial arm of the 100-year-old BBC for a streaming future while managing the traditional linear channels that still do great business in many international territories.

— Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
More than 2,500 projects were submitted from students in all 50 states and territories.

— Kiryn Hoffman, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of territories

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Very few subjects show any drug in their blood after skin application.

— Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
The Money Play Traditionally, subjects don’t earn money for their participation in a documentary because of ethical issues; being paid would create a conflict of interest for them.

— Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026

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Their rackets—plunder, opium trafficking, and much else—were often run not by members of established yakuza gangs but by fixers and political operators who exploited their connections with the Imperial Japanese Army.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Those trunks held an eclectic assortment of products including tennis rackets, fishing rods, golf bags and men’s ties, dress shirts and suits.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of rackets

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In May, the agency changed its policy on high-speed pursuits, which drastically decreased the number of chases to four in three months.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026
In fall 2027 there will be many pit stops at under-the-radar Christmas markets in Spain, France, and Italy with Regent Seven Seas Cruises, and northern lights pursuits in Norway with Holland America Line.

— Brittany Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of pursuits

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Roughly 40% of workers in healthcare support, food service, farming, fishing, forestry, construction and repair occupations hold NDCs.

— Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
The differences became more pronounced when participants named other occupations and activities.

— Gustavo E. Fischman, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of occupations

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In an analysis of data from 130 studies involving more than 275,000 people around the globe, most character strengths were associated with greater mental health.

— Joan M. Cook, Time, 17 Oct. 2026
First, is the human superior colliculus organized the way animal studies suggest, with vision concentrated in its upper layers and touch in its deeper layers?

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026

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