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When the intermission’s countdown clock reversed itself, climbing back up to “21:12,” the numbers turned red and the crowd exploded.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Shares of Micron Technology were climbing on Monday morning as investors warm back up to the memory trade following a sharp chip-sector selloff on Friday.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

"As I look back up the mountain, as I helped this guy descend, Hillary Dawa didn't appear to have moved, and certainly wasn't descending, because we would have seen his head torch."

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

"Nevertheless, you can still see it in rocks that have made their way back up to the surface, you can see how they were stretched."

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

They sang all the way down to one Raggedy Ann on the shelf, and then back up to ninety-nine again.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret