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The e-Merlin network is part of a pan-European network of telescopes - without it, images of distant stars and galaxies will be less clear.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The identity of the suspect and his motive were not immediately clear.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
MarketWatch: When did it become clear that AI had crossed into something fundamentally new?
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
To be very clear: Pogacar and Vingegaard haven’t been accused of any wrongdoing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Her mind, it was soon clear, was as active as ever, but the power of speech did not return—with the exception of three words.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Among the waste products the system clears are proteins called amyloid and tau, the deposits that accumulate in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
That clears the way for Ms. Le Pen to seek the Presidency next year, and on Tuesday she said she will run again and appeal the verdict.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
“But when the market clears through weaker demand, the price response works in the opposite direction.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
While Halma’s guidance clears the consensus bar, it might fall short of the loftiest expectations, analysts at Jefferies wrote in a note to clients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
The fog is bad tonight, which is why Eddie’s hurt in the first place, but it clears for a moment, allowing a slice of moonlight to stream through.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Commonwealth Sport chief executive Katie Sadlier said her organisation would have conversations with other events in the future to create a clearer window.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The pause will be lifted when we have clearer rules in place to protect New Yorkers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
A clearer view of this takeover could help scientists develop more effective flu vaccines and antiviral drugs.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
The front camera is clearer and he wanted more control over the angle, he told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
“You see things differently in it, clearer, somehow. It’s very useful.”
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
The clearest example of this spirit is Jail Time Records, an on-site music studio and label making mini stars out of the most talented prisoners.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
“Washington’s clearest nonproliferation wins against Iran in the war were stopping all uranium enrichment at declared facilities and entombing enriched uranium stockpiles,” said Behnam Ben Taleblu, of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
“This is the fastest and clearest way to prove that this transaction is good for competition, good for consumers, and good for creators,” Paramount said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, are giving astronomers their clearest look yet at how supermassive black holes obtain the gas they need to grow.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
America's leaders celebrated the Berlin Tunnel as one of the CIA's clearest victories in the Cold War—and evidence of the West's superior technological capabilities and spycraft.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
The letter that suspended Anthropic’s Fable was private, as was the process that cleared OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 to launch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Even tens of kilometres away from the blaze ravaging the Madrid countryside, the sky remained hazy with smoke Saturday morning before the winds cleared the air.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Since the early 20th century, sitting lawmakers’ deaths have often cleared the way for more women to become members of Congress.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
The path for the coaster was cleared with 2013’s Universal Studios Specific Plan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
My school backpack is slumped against the wall, still filled with the binders, books, and folders I cleared out of my locker.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
By the first week of June, images distributed by Airbus showed crews had repaired road damage, and trucks visible on satellite images were clearing dirt and reopening collapsed tunnel entrances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
These include hunting, widespread land clearing, bushfires, and disease.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Bradley said dismantling the vessel was the best way of clearing the stranded ship which had "some quite big holes" in the hull.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
In some areas, workers are clearing debris, but so far, nothing more.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
The cub was waiting for him in the clearing.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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