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Binface has characterized his Clacton campaign as “people vs. the establishment,” a framing that is no doubt irksome to Farage, who views himself decidedly as the people, not the establishment.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026
Revenue rose 25% to $16.1 billion vs. a consensus estimate of $14.43 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
When looking for a financial adviser, how do you weigh large vs. small firms?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Additional research is needed to separate the effects of caffeinated coffee vs. various compounds in coffee.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Basketball vs. Face,” Tyler says, and I’d give him a dirty look if I didn’t think it’d restart the nose-gushing.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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This is directly analogous to the "car v.s. driver" question posed.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2015
The film is to be based on the Rolling Stone article “Anonymous v.s. Steubenville,” and will reportedly focus on Lostutter’s life and role in the hacker collective Anonymous, The Hollywood reports.
From Time ● Apr. 2, 2014
An old British church at Canterbury, which had been desecrated by the heathen invaders, was restored for Christian use and dedicated to St. Pancras by Augustine.510.Eanfled, v.s. c.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Cuthbert Bede
IV, 12, ad fin., note, for the statement that he was “Bishop” of Ripon.498.King of Northumbria, v.s. c.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Cuthbert Bede
The MS. authority is about equal; but cf. infra, the statement that he died in the seventeenth year of his episcopate, which seems to be correct.371.651 a.d.; v.s. c.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Cuthbert Bede
This tale of life and aspiration in colonial Trinidad is one of V.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
“I love the idea of the international hotel,” V.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
His credits included fiction by future Nobel laureates Morrison,Doris Lessing and V.S.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
In the opening pages of “The World Is What It Is,” his prizewinning 2008 biography of author V.S.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2023
“The fact that V.S. came to see me on the exact same day you disappeared. The fact that she somehow figured out where you were. The fact that Gen had a jump rope.”
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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“When we win in bras, we create a halo across the entire VS brand,” Ms. Super boasts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
“When we win in bras, we create a halo across the entire VS brand,” Super said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
VS and Singh come from different layers of India's vast middle class and they are socially and economically different.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
Go ahead 2-run homerun game tied at 7-7 in the 7th inning VS.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026
The conditional probability of the card being red-red given that it’s not black-black is VS, but that’s not the situation here.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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A lower court in the same case — Mirabelli vs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Also, not all heroes neatly fit into the Chosen vs.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
But that territorial dispute spread through the airwaves as part of a bigger national rivalry - East Coast vs West Coast rap.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
So I dusted off my lederhosen, and we traveled to Kansas City, Mo., for Austria vs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
It was the day of the one baseball game I’d been dreading all year—East Shoal vs.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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