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Patel, an avid hockey fan, has defended the trip, arguing that the timing was coincidental with meetings he had been planning to attend with the FBI’s European counterparts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Krista said she had been planning for more than a year to find a long-term living situation that would enable her to live independently, rather than continue paying more for an apartment.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

It would have felt odd and jarring had Sir Keir simply delivered the speech that he had been planning to deliver this morning about more funding to inspire pride in neighbourhoods.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

Commercial rights holder F1 and governing body the FIA had been planning to double the amount of testing from the one three-day test that was held in 2025.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

Caesar had been planning to invade Parthia at the time of his death, and Mark Antony made Caesar’s mission his own.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby