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"Syria is a long way from Yemen, but shares Ryadh's interest in containing the influence of the Iran-allied axis in the region," said Noah Bonsey of the International Crisis Group.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026

The Y axis is banded rather than a smooth, continuous scale.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

The Earth all but shifted on its axis following this, due to the breathtakingly bonkers discourse that followed the incident.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

In alternating, time-traveling, distinctly voiced chapters, the four quirky members of a modern Midwestern family spin on the tilted axis of Barbara, their dementia-impaired matriarch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

The world rushed in a circle and turned on its axis and time was busy burning the years and the people anyway, without any help from him.

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury

Crash axes are stored on aircraft to be used in an emergency to either fight fires or cut through metal in a crash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

But they were pushed back this week, and the government launched a counter-offensive into Tigrayan territory along three axes towards Mekelle, according to the Critical Threats Project, part of the American Enterprise Institute think tank.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

It is his Excalibur, his Andúril, the vaunted weapon only he can string and use to hit a bullseye through a row of twelve crossed axes.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

"Meaning, as they spin around on their axes and orbit around their parents, those rates/frequencies match, leading to the phenomena like us only seeing one side of our moon."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

Diffusion was slower in Africa and especially in the Americas, because of those continents’ north-south major axes and geographic and ecological barriers.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond