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Blasted into 1.9 billion-year-old stable bedrock in Eurajoki, southwest Finland, the geological repository for spent nuclear waste -- dubbed Onkalo which means "cave" in Finnish -- is nearly ready to start operations.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
Moscow last month also deployed its nuclear-capable ballistic missile -- dubbed Oreshnik -- for only the third time of the invasion.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
Wood was presented with a yellow 1,000 parkrun T-shirt, a cape and a crown as he was dubbed "the king of parkrun".
From BBC • May 30, 2026
That blaze, dubbed the Verona fire, prompted evacuation orders in the community of Homeland.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
They had no money for medicine or a medik, so they huddled together in a pile of broken-up wooden boxes that they dubbed the Nest.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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