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That mellow approach made her such an outlier in the vicious world of international figure skating that she might as well have showed up with roller skates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Her past roles have showed her to be one of the “most well-respected and capable executives in the industry,” wrote Tom Nikic, an analyst at Needham.

From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025

If data affected by the pandemic were excluded, the company said the study would have showed that the treatments led to a “clinically meaningful change.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 3, 2025

The 38-year-old's year-long rap beef with Drake has been incredibly well-documented and whilst he may have showed a little restraint during his Super Bowl show, none of that was on display tonight.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2025

Aru’s confusion must have showed, because Summer shrugged and said, “Hotness doesn’t belong to any one gender.”

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi