the idea
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The Big Ten is still also pushing for a 24-team College Football Playoff, but Petitti said that the conference’s stance has evolved since he first started pushing the idea a year ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
And while we had different ways of getting to that goal, we sold teenagers on the idea that they should delay pregnancy so that they could accomplish their goals.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
That's the idea that three firms from Germany - Fraunhofer, Hermann Ultraschall, and Henkel - have come up with.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Americans growing up in the 21st century might be puzzled by his words, because the idea of widespread Sunday business closings has, with notable exceptions, been disappearing for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
But I wasn’t too fond of the idea of eating sludge for the rest of my life.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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