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If tech bros are saying that AI might someday break containment and take down civilization, that sounds like an accountability sink coupled with an investor pitch.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
These lads will carry the team until you remember to pick up the house phone and cash in a transfer a few months down the line.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
The fire department said the helicopter went down between two commercial buildings, damaging four vehicles and two containers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
While the U.S. core consumer price index rose by 0.3% month-on-month in August, overall, the 12-month rate stands at 2.4%, down from 3.1% last year.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
After dinner, we don’t talk, just bunk down.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Oracle’s stock has been known to move in step with the ups and downs of OpenAI’s news cycle — and that drove it to its fifth straight drop on Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Osnabruck said the tifo symbolised its turbulent club history in a journey fans refer to as a "rollercoaster ride full of ups and downs".
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Detroit’s automakers have responded to tariff ups and downs by planning to onshore production of certain vehicles and parts to the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Through years of typical relationship ups and downs, our attraction to each other has hardly wavered.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
A dozen of them might have had the bulk of Valley of the Dolls—with all its ups and downs, ups and downs.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
The storms caused flooding, downed trees and widespread power outages across the Greater Toronto Area, with thousands of people affected.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
That could result in gusty offshore winds, wildfire risks, and downed trees, according to Kristan Lund, meteorologist with the weather service office in Oxnard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
That fire was started by downed power lines due to high winds.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
F-15s were downed by friendly fire over Kuwait in March.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
He took a water bottle and downed nearly half of it.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
In 2024, Putin apologised to the president of neighbouring Azerbaijan over the downing of a commercial airliner in Russian airspace, in which 38 people were killed.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Any renewed attacks would follow strikes by both the U.S. and Iran following the downing of a U.S. helicopter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
On Tuesday and Wednesday night, US and Iranian forces exchanged fresh waves of strikes following the downing of a US helicopter in the Gulf.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
It was first to publicly announce an end to the exchange with Israel and avoided crowing about the downing of the Apache as it had when other American aircraft were shot down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Trey’s downing a protein shake, trying to act cool.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
