copper
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It is primarily tasked with repairing and fortifying the city’s more than 210,000 streetlamps — a frequent target of copper wire thieves — and maintaining its network of electrical vehicle charging stations.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
"Our raw material, our gold, our copper, goes to other countries... we are experiencing misery."
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
The inconsistent purity of the copper could garble transmissions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Detailed testing is still underway, but the material resembles malachite, a copper-rich mineral that can be processed to produce copper.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
Padva is gracious as always, her gown the warm copper of autumn leaves glowing in the candlelight.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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