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Nexstar’s cable network NewsNation doesn’t have the large audiences of its more established competitors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
MS NOW is now owned by Versant, a group of cable channels spun off from NBCUniversal.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026
In December last year, Finnish police detained a vessel sailing from Russia, which was suspected of damaging an undersea telecoms cable running from Helsinki to Estonia, across the Gulf of Finland.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
But growth that comes from charging the same households more every year is what cable companies did for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
The cable contained the results of the initial interview conducted by David Shorer with the most important KGB defector in a generation.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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After carefully twisting cables together and testing them with a multimeter, a small bulb flickered on, then another, signalling that the current was flowing.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
These cables carry the majority of telecoms data abroad.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Those points might represent cities, PCs, subway stations, or organs, while the connections could stand for highways, cables, railway lines, or blood vessels.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
One plan is to build new undersea cables that would prevent all cables going through the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Black cables snake between many of the holes.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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"Stick with us," cabled Morecambe, "and we will get you another one".
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2023
Q: My wife has a 5-year-old Dell laptop cabled to our router and a 2007 Brother printer.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2022
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
Chennault relayed the messages to Bui Diem, South Vietnam’s ambassador to the United States, and he cabled the notes to Thieu in Saigon.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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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
Examples of electrical wire covered with vulcanised Indian rubber cabling were found.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
They also integrated the required electronics, cabling, structural supports, and measurement tools.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 27, 2026
Shares had risen 47% this year as of Wednesday’s close, riding a wave of demand for cabling and communications systems at artificial-intelligence data centers.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
She is used to my calling her from airports anywhere from Boston to San Francisco, or Miami to Seattle, or, here lately, cabling her from Cairo, Accra, or the Holy City of Mecca.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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