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For more than three years, the BDC has been marking down the value of the Thrasio financing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

“Thank God she’s home,” Mr. Biden told reporters in Nantucket, Mass., where he has been marking the Thanksgiving holiday.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2023

Iran has been marking the day, the last Friday of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, since the start of its 1979 Islamic Revolution led by the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

From Washington Times • Apr. 29, 2022

Tuesday is Trump's 70th birthday, and the internet has been marking the occasion.

From US News • Jun. 14, 2016

The man who has been marking out the site for the lodge during the last few years, begins by selecting the place for the sun pole and stepping off seven paces as the radius.

From The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians by Wissler, Clark