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When large numbers of rodents become infected and die, the fleas seek other sources of food—including humans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Instead, the researchers wanted participants to become more comfortable interacting with the healthcare system and more capable of managing their own care.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
The reversal of fortune prompted network executives to grouse that the Emmys had become a three-hour commercial for streaming services.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Siegmund's bid to become state premier is by no means secure.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
In time, the pinpointing of control areas will become more and more detailed.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
As artificial intelligence becomes ubiquitous, we face a fundamental question: What is going on inside these new “minds”? The path to answering it may come from an unlikely source: man’s best friend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
The company’s portfolio of AI hardware and software is “unmatched and arguably becomes more important with agentic AI,” Ackerman wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Shifting the moment when the universe becomes transparent changes the size of the observed patterns in the cosmic microwave background.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
"Quite often in The Traitors," she says, "that familiarity becomes a disadvantage".
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Alabama becomes the twenty-second state, a slave state.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
My father, Ether Furnier, began as a salesman but because he had learned drafting in the Navy, he became an electronics engineer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The research was led by BYU School of Family Life professor Jeremy Yorgason with co-author Ashlyn Hiatt Mildenhall, who first became involved in the project as an undergraduate researcher at BYU.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Homeownership boomed as the economy grew, home building increased, and financing became easier for veterans through the G.I.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
She became a familiar entertainment star in the 1970s when she hosted her own BBC prime time television show for about a decade.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
It’s unknown how and when Joey and Lourdes “Lulu” Reyes became friends.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
With ketogenic diets becoming increasingly popular, the researchers say it will be important to understand these tissue-specific effects before drawing broad conclusions about their health consequences.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
“I think that’s why it’s becoming an issue at every level — because people need relief, and we need housing security.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
According to a biography on his official website, his father was a mechanical engineer, and his mother had been a dancer before becoming a nurse during the war.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Coxon was among the former AI employees who spoke before the New York City Council, along with representatives of OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Google, with the exchanges often becoming tense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Slipping into feathers and wings and becoming an owl was little different.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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