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The Gulf state’s flagship AI firm can freely buy chips and has a plan to become a U.S. company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
“I think a lot of us weren’t prepared for the way that having tons of choices for what to buy and where to buy them would become kind of paralyzing.”
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
The 56-year-old is going to become the 59th prime minister on Monday.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Over time, portions of that gas cool, become unstable, and collapse into thin filaments.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
Even as I can see what Theo is feeling, it’s hard to imagine why he would feel it for me, the nocturnal, feral creature I’ve become since living with Aunt Tess.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
With each new set of daemons Yuru meets, the more he becomes aware that he and Asa are also part of this ecosystem of balanced pairs.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Rogers becomes the most expensive signing in Chelsea's history, surpassing the £107m spent on Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez in 2023.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Peridotite in the mantle becomes depleted in melt components when melt generated by partial melting is extracted.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
As electricity becomes ever more difficult to access and local communities block data-center construction, efficient use of that power will also be essential.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
“All life is interconnected. If one species moves away or becomes extinct, the order shifts,” said Vern.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
In Kyiv, an AFP reporter saw protesters clapping and banging the cardboard placards that became a symbol of last summer's anti-government protests, chanting "shame" and "Fedorov".
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
It then became an entertainment powerhouse by paying up for original series that could be streamed over the internet and often binged in a single evening.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
Messi became so entrenched in Spanish culture that, in 2005, he even became a Spanish citizen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The 28-year-old became the seventh British athlete to claim the mile record, and first since Steve Cram in 1985.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
After that, finding something to eat became our greatest problem.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
He moved to Manchester United, becoming only the club's second player to score 20 goals in one season at academy level.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The amendment had little chance of becoming law.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
The conflict with Iran cut off a key transit route for oil supplies and ignited a new wave of global inflation, but the U.S. economy avoided becoming a major casualty.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
He “made his fortune by becoming an expert in saying no when he needed to,” Mr. Vague suggests, though fortunes are typically kept, not made, in that way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
He went from being Thomas Jefferson’s childhood playmate to becoming his personal servant—which meant, in Jefferson’s words, to “shave, dress and follow me on horseback.”
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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