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challenged the voters to envision a nation in which no child was ever allowed to go hungry
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Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
Still, occupancy stands at 75%, management is now offering six weeks of free rent for new tenants signing a year-long lease, and the 5,000-square-foot space envisioned for an upscale restaurant remains without an occupant.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2026
Washington’s full starting offense, as initially envisioned, didn’t play a regular-season snap until Week 14.
—Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Two plates of electrically uncharged material — which Casimir envisioned as parallel metal sheets, although other shapes and substances will do — exert a force on each other.
—George Musser, Quanta Magazine, 5 Jan. 2026
Should the Midway Rising deal advance under California’s density bonus law, as envisioned, Save Our Access will consider a lawsuit to block the mega project, McNab said.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
That said, these metabolic features aren’t meant to be diagnostic — they’re envisioned more as early warning flags.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 5 Jan. 2026
During the 2008 financial crisis, Senator Chris Dodd’s original version of what became the Dodd-Frank Act envisioned shifting a large amount of bank regulation from the Fed to the comptroller of the currency.
—Aaron Klein, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2026
Running Fence was envisioned as a fabric-laden fence that would traverse Sonoma and Marin counties in Northern California to the sea, crossing roads, highways, and private property.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
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According to the post, her boyfriend envisioned them buying property together later, using only their own money.
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But in today’s world of digital creators, those seeking fame face competition in a way Khan’s generation never could have imagined.—
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His Lampe Arche, made to order in France of aluminum and glass, feels a bit like a mooring post as imagined by a yacht designer, thanks to its gleaming surface.—
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During the trial, jurors learned about grim Google searches Brian had made after his wife died, including how to saw a body and how to clean blood off of wood floors.—
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Fanatics shared the moment Tennessee Titans first overall pick, quarterback Cam Ward, saw Brady pop up on the screen to give him some wise words.—
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Relatives and health officials say an 11-year-old girl who dreamed of becoming a doctor, a teenage girl and two boys in a tent camp were among those killed on Thursday.—
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Kids who had never set foot in Miami-Dade County but dreamed of palm trees, South Beach and a game played with an edge they’d never been allowed to show.—
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The musician, pictured here in 1962, played saxophone in addition to keyboards and guitar.—
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The Bespoke Base model pictured has been delivered to its customers in New Zealand, but South Base Homes' models start at NZD 200,000 (roughly US$114,000).—
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The team rallied to win their first Test in Australia since 2011 at the MCG in Melbourne and have now taken the final Test into a fifth day in Sydney, albeit victory looks unlikely.—
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Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, said a major drought year is unlikely given how much precipitation the state has gotten, adding that the southern part of state is seeing one of the wettest starts to any water year on record.—
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“Envisioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/envisioned. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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