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It entails using both animals and machines to create fire breaks — a controversial solution in Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

"The technology is powerful, but at the same time entails risks to our fundamental rights, especially to privacy," emphasizes Strufe.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

What the other-than-chronological approach here entails is a certain redundancy—when the subject is the Pacific sea war, for instance, there’s a necessary return to Pearl Harbor, which has already been covered.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The strategy entails buying one call and selling another with a higher strike price but a similar expiration.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Back at work, Mr. Kreuk has actual work for me, the kind my official job entails.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse