cloud
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The AI cloud market boasts attractive returns on investment, Beck added, as demand for compute capacity continues to outpace supply.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
In each case, however, it was nestled within a cloud of about a dozen other big institutions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
If the fire is powerful enough and the atmosphere is unstable, that cloud can grow into a towering cumulonimbus - the same type of cloud associated with thunderstorms.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Then, when the surrounding air has become heated enough, it forms a column with an anvil-shaped cloud -- the cumulonimbus.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
It was nothing but a snow cloud: the ice river’s vicious trick.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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Thousands of firefighters, backed by specialised water-bombing aircraft have been battling the blazes and the clouds of toxic smoke.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
The sun may be hiding behind grey clouds, but for hundreds of people in flowing red dresses dancing on Yorkshire moorland it'll take more than a threat of rain to dampen their spirits.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
During another pass, I was even able to upshift from 2nd to third gear without losing the drift, swinging wide at the track edge, trailing clouds of glory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
“Her Private Hell” is an expressionistic sci-fi fantasy set in a skyscraper hotel that stretches into the clouds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
When he was little, Pili used to tell him that clouds were like floating marshmallows and tasted sweet.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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Yet the resumption of fighting has clouded the outlook, especially among manufacturers coping with tariffs, higher energy prices and supply disruptions.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
However, the outlook for trade during the rest of the year has been clouded by a new wave of tariff increases in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
It is unacceptable that a public institution already so clouded in secrecy either chooses to or must rely on a private consulting firm.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026
Take this spring’s Michael Jackson biopic, a film that purged Jackson of all of his eccentricities in an attempt to downplay the allegations that clouded his late career.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
When he took them off, you could see that the eye beneath the painted glass was clouded over.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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Or am I just so taken with this show, a series I myself came to late, that my enthusiasm is clouding my judgment?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Today, severe corneal clouding often requires a full corneal transplant.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2026
The markets got an unwelcome reminder today that the war in Iran isn’t over, clouding a picture that’s recently been dominated by sunny earnings reports.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
But the war in Iran sent jet-fuel prices soaring, adding tens of millions of dollars a month in expenses and clouding Spirit’s future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
They became silent, their faces clouding over, their features becoming soft and negative, their eyes bland and deceptive.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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