bridge
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Here’s why it’s the rare wine with potential to bridge the divide between tastes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
"The capacity exists. The people exist. What is missing is the bridge," it said.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
After evacuating as many citizens as he could, the KMT’s 10th-army commander, Gen. Fang Xianjue, ordered the construction of massive defense works, blew a major bridge over the Xiang and prepared to make his stand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
To bridge such gaps, Gates outlined three building blocks to try to maximize the benefits of AI.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
He pinched the bridge of his nose, and the wrinkles on his face compressed and deepened and darkened.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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Researchers believe these animals may have crossed temporary land bridges that appeared when sea levels fell during regressive phases of the proto-North Atlantic Ocean.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
With her bad attitude and personal problems, Misty has burned many bridges along the way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Satellite imagery shows Iran is rebuilding everything from bridges and roads to production sites at a pace that is worrying Israeli officials, The Wall Street Journal has reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Rescue work continued in Nepal for a 14th day after the devastating glacial and mountain collapse near the China-Nepal border swept away roads, bridges and homes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
He dashed along the path through the huts and rice paddies, over the small bridges, his breath coming in gasps.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
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McCreary began creating television and film scores, discovered his inner metalhead, and has since bridged those worlds with his “Singularity” project.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
In 1829, she discovered the first Squaloraja fossil - known as the fish with the "curling iron eyes" - it was an ancient creature which bridged the gap between sharks and rays.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
The stockpile swaps bridged longer shipping times, and alternative cargoes began to arrive in force.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
The most famous story-style intro — it literally begins with, “Here’s a story” — belongs to “The Brady Bunch,” which bridged the 1960s and ’70s, a decade that saw the ebbing of title-sequence stories.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026
But they were unembarrassed, involved in a world of their own, one that bridged many continents and thousands of years and was inhabited by kings and courtiers, rajahs and princes.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Tom Bradley was a visionary in so many ways and I look to him for leadership on bridging different parts of the city together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
More recently, the researchers found tiny physical channels bridging the skull, dura, and brain tissue.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Parton’s time on “The Porter Wagoner Show” laid the foundation for an extraordinary career bridging pop and country music, fueled by the star’s one-of-a-kind showmanship.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Harris-Wakelam said organisers were speaking to banks about bridging loans to get artists paid sooner.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
It was now Adams’s turn to attempt a bridging of the gap.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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