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Samuel D. Hunter writes compact human dramas that pack a maximal punch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

"We are a small but very compact region, it's easy to get around," Reid said.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

To leave one captured star on the short orbit observed in rpTDEs, the original binary system would have to be extremely compact.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

These tools are compact, making them easy to store and keep in your vehicle.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

As snow accumulates, it begins to compact, forcing out the air between the snowflakes.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

“We would all benefit together by figuring out the community compacts required to enable sustainable development across the country,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

By design, the details of how "freedom cities" would be established are laden with legalese like "federal enclaves with special economic and jurisdictional zones" or "interstate compacts."

From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2025

“The social compacts that the people have sown in them are very ingrained.”

From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024

For years, American drivers have been gravitating toward sport utility vehicles and away from sedans, compacts and hatchbacks.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2024

She reached for a plastic tray of cosmetics, the compacts clicking and bumping against each other as she dug for the right color.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

The scans produced detailed three dimensional images of the compacted material inside the tooth sockets without damaging either the fossils or the sediment.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

Even the design of farm machinery was considered — and tractors were fitted with wider tires to ensure that soil was less compacted when driven over.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

With the field compacted after the red flag that followed the second of two crashes at Antony Noghes, he served the penalty two laps after the restart and that dropped him out of the points.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026

These layers of ice holding dust, compacted for centuries, perhaps millennia, may be able to tell us about the atmosphere, temperatures and snowfalls deep into the past.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025

Beneath the carpet is a concrete slab that rests on earth that was compacted twenty years ago by heavy machinery.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

And because the ice is stable, the thick annual layers can accumulate for centuries, compacting into ice.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 18, 2024

Deep in Antarctica’s frigid interior, fluffy, air-filled snow accumulates layer by layer, compacting into slabs of ice over millennia.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 9, 2023

The trick is to do some gentle prep without compacting the soil, which can damage emerging seedlings and reduce infiltration, making it more susceptible to runoff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2023

Earlier this year, crews finished backfilling and compacting the area around the K East reactor with about 34,000 cubic yards of sand and gravel to level the site.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2022

After picking for two long hours, Roberto helped Mama make more room in her sack by lifting it upright and shaking it several times up and down, compacting the cotton to the bottom.

From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez