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Appeared in the October 10, 2025, print edition as 'Levi Strauss Raises Fiscal-Year Outlook as Turnaround Drives Growth'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

There are 25 Helena Drives in Brentwood, each a cul-de-sac preceded by a different ordinal number — 7th, 19th, etc.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2024

Drives are on for both kinds of measures in Colorado.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2023

Drives that store less sensitive data are spared, but the CDI estimates that 90% of hard drives are destroyed when they are removed.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2023

“You make it sound normal. Doesn’t feel normal to me. Drives me crazy!”

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech