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“It’s time to renew that compact while also recognizing the ecosystem needs to evolve,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Here we see Real Madrid's compact 4-4-2 block.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Their compact size is one of their most useful features.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

If all goes to plan, cargo ships will be fitted with small modular reactors, which are much more compact, and less dangerous, than their large-scale predecessors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

A second sailor, a compact gray-bearded man in his sixties, stared at them openmouthed, a screwdriver in his hand.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

"That is why country strategies and compacts matter. Roadmaps built around a country's ambitions, the results we are trying to achieve together, and the investments and reforms required to get there," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

“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

Kaz had told her to keep an eye out for women using similarly made mirrored compacts at the Crow Club.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

After the player made contact with the refuse company, the bin lorry was located before its contents were compacted for disposal.

From BBC ● Aug. 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

Firn is partially compacted granular snow found near the upper portions of glaciers.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026

On Thursday, mangled metal screeched as an excavator compacted the skeletons of former homes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026

On January 22, Worsley climbed a hillock of ice and saw that the gale that had blown them north had also compacted the ice and blown Ocean Camp closer to their position.

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

“We have to be strategic with what we do with this recharge. Where subsidence is causing the most harm, we’ve got to try and get it to those compacting aquifers.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2024

He has defended himself by saying his focus was on "social compacting", or building consensus.

From BBC ● May 31, 2024

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

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