under the sun
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“If the agreement defines a direct competitor as any other company under the sun, that could be considered unreasonable and then that agreement could not be enforceable,” he says.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
At a makeshift morgue in the quake-hit Venezuelan port of La Guaira, forensic experts in blue gowns and caps picked their way through dozens of bodies laid out in bags under the sun.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Give them a big enough token budget and they’ll try everything under the sun, no matter how arduous and improbable.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026
Lurid origin stories for plagues are nothing new under the sun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
But now and again we swap a story under the sun.
From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate
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