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The aim was to assess ongoing community needs, understand health concerns and share resources including air purifiers and N95 masks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
For Yonatan Freeman, an international relations expert at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the primary aim of the visit is to dispel reports of a cooling in relations between the allies.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Instead of focusing only on removing amyloid plaques, future treatments might aim to preserve beneficial early microglial activity or influence the transition between different microglial states.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
The campaign will also aim to raise awareness about life stages such as childbirth, the menopause, stress and erectile dysfunction, as well as other health conditions.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
She usually had more luck with her sharp lance, but claimed that out of hunger her arms were weakening and her aim with the razor-keen instrument was off.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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She said that, in addition to delivering against the set of actions, the plan aims to encourage "positive dialogue around women's health and wellbeing within our health and social care system and in our society".
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The group said it aims to create and deploy a suite of open-source AI tools that any company can use to defend against cyberattacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
A group of 18 people who work in the entertainment industry, including actors Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Natasha Lyonne, launched a coalition that aims to advocate for the rights of creators amid AI’s boom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
The flight aims were similar to those of a mostly successful voyage carried out in May, which debuted the latest edition of the powerful Starship, its third-generation model.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Ceaugescu’s ban on abortion was designed to achieve one of his major aims: to rapidly strengthen Romania by boosting its population.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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The company had been the beneficiary of a federal “loan guarantee” program that aimed to spur investment in experimental technologies that were unproven but could yield huge financial or climate dividends.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Exercise Sea Breeze is aimed at strengthening warfighting capabilities and counter-mine measures in the Black Sea.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
The new PM's first week in the job has seen him make a series of interventions aimed at easing the cost of living but has he won over people in the South?
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
The changes are largely aimed at sustaining a tariff agenda that has run into legal trouble.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Madame Ionesco sat back and folded her arms, and her eyes rolled up in her head until they were aimed at the ceiling.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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The firm had been aiming to close the deal by September but agreed to table its takeover — perhaps until next spring — to allow a fiercer than expected challenge from California Atty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
SLB is aiming to become an industrial-technology partner to the data-center industry, it said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
The company, which dispatched 351 planes between January and the end of June, is aiming for roughly 870 commercial aircraft deliveries this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
"They are trying to change the image for the better and get involved in more sport," says Pomroy, technical director for Nauru Soccer and one of eight volunteers aiming to develop football on the island.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
“Let us as much as possible, train out creepers, and branches of trees, upon bridges, pulling down and nailing the branches, aiming to obtain shade and reflection of foliage and broken obscuration of water.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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