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Their railroad company, the Central Pacific, made the nation’s transcontinental railroad happen, and later created and controlled the Southern Pacific.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Crypto has become an increasingly popular way of investing and transferring money online, partly because, unlike traditional currencies, it is not controlled by central banks or governments.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
These insights could contribute to research on quantum computing and help scientists understand and design advanced nanomaterials with carefully controlled properties.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
The collision involved a train operated by Spain’s state-owned Renfe and an Iryo train, which is majority controlled by Italy’s Trenitalia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Sometimes when a brushfire grows out of control, fire authorities set a backfire—a controlled burn—that hedges the amount of destruction a wildfire may cause.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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