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On Thursday, the beleaguered plane maker pre-announced a net loss of $5.46 per share for the fourth quarter of 2024, which pencils out to about $3.8 billion.
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Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2025
Loading your audio article TORONTO — The Raptors proved what has been fairly clear for the past six weeks or so: the Warriors aren’t a good enough team to pencil them in over anyone.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2025
The first phase of the agreement, penciled to start on Sunday, would mean a 42-day pause to fighting and the return of 33 Israeli hostages in exchange for an unspecified number of Palestinian prisoners returned from Israeli custody.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Plans are underway for trips around the U.K. and abroad penciled into his schedule for the coming year, similar to the end of last year.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2025
Loading your audio article TORONTO — The Raptors proved what has been fairly clear for the past six weeks or so: the Warriors aren’t a good enough team to pencil them in over anyone.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2025
The first phase of the agreement, penciled to start on Sunday, would mean a 42-day pause to fighting and the return of 33 Israeli hostages in exchange for an unspecified number of Palestinian prisoners returned from Israeli custody.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Plans are underway for trips around the U.K. and abroad penciled into his schedule for the coming year, similar to the end of last year.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Pencil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pencil. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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