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According to Kenneth Geisert, a graduate student in NC State's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and lead author of the study, this uncertainty has made it difficult to develop appropriate pest control strategies.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
That project, the author writes, became “the most ambitious and arduous undertaking” in American history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
The author writes about food, identity and culture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
"There is no question he was a very talented stand-up," says Sarah Ditum, author of Toxic: Women, Fame and the Noughties.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
He smiled when he noticed they’d been alphabetized by author.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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Fan fiction is where many future authors learn their craft and where readers disover new writers.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
"These breaches are deeply distressing and entirely preventable," the authors said.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
The authors of the study, “Retirement Security in 2026,” said Americans, like you, want policymakers to pay greater attention to the issue.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
Meanwhile, potassium intake remains "far below optimal levels in both developed and developing nations," according to the authors.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
Many academic articles contain bewildering non sequiturs and digressions that the authors stuck in at the insistence of an anonymous reviewer who had the power to reject it from the journal if they didn’t comply.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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French authored it: “I heard UT graduation this year looked like this,” he wrote.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
Texas while inserting provocative advice on child emancipation that the real organization says it never authored or authorized.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
My dad authored five books on esoteric subjects such as the theory of elasticity, but he was a clear and graceful writer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
As a council member, Von Wilpert authored bills to ban untraceable guns and launched housing grant initiatives for educators.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
As assistant editorial page editor of The Emory Wheel, he authored scores of commentaries.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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But he’d been lights out since the Braves acquired him, authoring a 1.99 ERA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
His career accomplishments include founding the National Museum of African American History and Culture and authoring numerous books, including one on the NMAAHC's creation.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
The artists credited with creating Franklin and authoring his books did not respond to requests from the BBC for comment.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
In that case, Roberts, joined by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, surprised many by authoring a 5-4 decision that required Alabama to draw a second majority-minority congressional district.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2025
To be sure, men and women have long been authoring their own content, beginning with drawings on cave walls up through Gutenberg and the typewriter.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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