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Their movement disturbed the orbits of smaller objects, setting off catastrophic collisions and producing brief periods filled with large amounts of dust, similar to what astronomers now observe in extreme debris disks.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

The U.S. opened a field hospital on a Kenyan military base and designated it a quarantine-and-treatment facility for Americans exposed to Ebola, a move that sparked a brief series of public protests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Before that, the 20-year-old will headline a show of her own Tuesday night at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, where she moved from Texas to pursue music after giving college a brief whirl.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Anastassia's journey was more dramatic than most, but delays – some brief, others that last for hours – are now commonplace.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

General Maxwell Taylor looked over the brief report.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Officials frequently used the technology when compiling one-page briefs that were passed up the chain of command, according to a source who was given a demonstration of Maven by Palantir earlier this year.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The states also responded to briefs from the Block the Merger coalition, a group of press freedom and film organizations that has called the settlement weak and unenforceable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

“I get regular intelligence briefs about Iran and China all the time, and then this hits, and it’s like, ‘Whoa, OK.’”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

Federal judges have found that the government filed statements generated by artificial intelligence that referenced nonexistent case law, wrote briefs that ignored facts and filed declarations with inaccurate dates, the ProPublica review shows.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

I could now spend the day reading, writing letters, discussing issues with my comrades, or formulating legal briefs.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Ex-CIA vice presidential briefer Julia Curlee is lately lauded everywhere for courage in coming out as trans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Those uprisings, later coined the Arab Spring, succeeded in bringing about a short democratic sojourn in Tunisia and a much briefer one in Egypt, but they also unleashed unrest.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

"I'd like to commend the briefer on at least picking on one of the men in the cabinet instead of the women," he added.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025

Vaill could have made Pride and Pleasure a briefer book if she had chosen to constrict the male narrative and focus on the sisters alone.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025

Today, our jet planes have made even the longest intercontinental flights briefer than the duration of any human infectious disease.

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

After repeatedly warning of the rivers’ endangerment, however, Mr. Winder concludes with only the briefest summary of the projects currently aimed at guarding against the dire outcomes he foresees.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Series creator Christopher Storer conveys this in the briefest, tightest shots of hands lovingly plating food, as well as in panoramic views of the series as a whole.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

Five of the top 10 briefest spells have been since 2020, while Colin Todd's stint at Derby dates back to 2001-02.

From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2026

Brandin Podziemski, who scored 19 points in the first half, stole the briefest sliver of momentum by making a running half-court shot to end the second quarter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025

She got the briefest glimpse of the Argo II hovering above.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

Oman would have shared what it knew had it been asked, the people briefed on his background said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

There was no point, people briefed on the discussions say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

The FBI briefed the Met officers to question Bayoumi about the other high-priority exhibits, but the detectives in the custody suite were never given, or briefed about, the plane diagram.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

One of the older Air Force Ones then appeared to have been called into action when Israel briefed the US about a possible missile threat when Trump was leaving the Ankara summit.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

The other guards are getting briefed at the Hub.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

In a press briefing earlier Tuesday, a WHO spokesman said the risk from the incident appeared to be "moderate to low".

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Mr. Netanyahu entered the situation room to receive a briefing from the military chiefs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The network announced Monday that Leavitt, 29, known for her rapid-fire defense of Trump’s policies in the White House briefing room, will be delivering commentary and analysis across Fox News programs starting Nov. 1.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

"People are watching very closely how Canada is handling this process," a government official said in a media briefing on Thursday.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Zach had scheduled another press briefing for that morning.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman