pause
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When the Great Pause hits us, I listen to the Presidio Park parrots flying to Old Town.
From Salon • May 9, 2026
But some organizations advocating for limiting AI expansion, such as Pause AI and Stop AI, now worry they will be associated with endorsing violent acts against AI proponents.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
For clinicians, the ask is more immediate: Pause before treating BMI as sufficient justification for a prescription.
From Slate • Mar. 22, 2026
Appeared in the January 26, 2026, print edition as 'Time for ICE to Pause in Minneapolis'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026
Pause: to make sure it’s the right apartment number on the “no knock” warrant.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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