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I greeted the door woman, bought a bottle of water, grabbed a bar stool against the far wall, and opened the book in progress on my phone until the show started.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026
A monitoring program that could quickly communicate this would be able to issue a red alert, signaling an event in progress.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
“I wanted an image that would not be related to any opera,” Martínez Celaya said during a preview of the curtain when it was still a work in progress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
He remains convinced that his aggressive style of play and so-called vertical football will "work anywhere", even if this team is clearly still a work in progress at such an early stage of his reign.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
It was big as the inside of a granary, holding at least two dozen thick-timbered worktables strewn with countless, nameless tools and projects in progress.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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