cable
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Corning announces a multibillion-dollar partnership to supply AT&T with fiber and cable for high-speed internet.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
The lawsuit alleges Drahi and associates shifted valuable fiber and cable assets to a new entity while the company was under a $21 billion debt load.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
It includes bike lanes, greenways and stonescape with fiber-optic cable running underneath.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Barbells, kettlebells, dumbbells and cable machines are all part of the strength training Antonia offers in her gym space, located in a shipping container.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
We’d probably watch TV all weekend, but it’s hard to find anything good ’cause we don’t have cable.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
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At the dawn of the internet, a select group of companies made a killing creating the equipment and business model for the system of glass strands bundled in cables, known as a fiber-optic network.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
The findings suggest that axons are not merely fixed cables.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
"Burying the cables is expensive so if this is an alternative to make it a bit less of an eyesore, it's probably a good idea."
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Similar data cables have been damaged by fishing vessels dragging their anchors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Otto worked at concealing the power cables in the grass and dirt.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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Mr. Bondarev, part of the team working on arms control and disarmament at Russia’s Geneva mission, said he had seen misleading information cabled to Moscow in recent weeks.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2022
Finally, on Jan. 2, 1950, Mao cabled the communist leadership in Beijing:
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2022
You cabled our two vehicles together and towed me to the Ace Hardware.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 4, 2022
The van has a wifi system, which involves a router being cabled to an antenna on the van's roof that links up to satellites.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2021
On Saturday, soon after receiving Ferris’s congratulatory telegram, Rice cabled back that in fact the first car already had been hung.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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They then use specialized compressed-air-jetting equipment to propel fiber-optic cabling through the conduit, which then runs across a river and into the city.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
If I were running a brand in the data-center space, I’d be in that community posting behind-the-scenes shots of my meticulously organized cabling and watching the comments roll in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
They also integrated the required electronics, cabling, structural supports, and measurement tools.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 27, 2026
In January, Corning notched a $6 billion deal to supply Meta Platforms with cabling, optical fiber, and connectivity solutions for data centers.
From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026
The cabling was easy to detach, too, just a couple of complicated plugs.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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