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This "selfless" sharing, known as horizontal gene transfer, can rapidly spread useful traits including genes that confer resistance to antibiotic drugs used to treat infections.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026

That’s because if high-income shoppers scale back their spending, then the other horizontal lines of the “E” — the lower and middle classes — may not have enough spending power to keep the economy afloat.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

However, they are typically more expensive and less commonly used, as they require either a deep bore hole or a large horizontal system dug into the ground.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Shale companies have become proficient at drilling fewer but much longer horizontal wells, which allows them to trim costs and still extract more crude.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Fighting through an angry horizontal rain, they paddled by the post office near Jefferson Parkway and Lafitte.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers