earth

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China’s “microelectronics, their motors, their rare earth, their magnets—which is foundational to robotics—they are the world’s best,” Huang said in a podcast in March.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

"Two months without a phone at my age is like you've fallen off the face of the earth and disappeared," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Early in the set, Ye asked his technical crew to “make the earth move slower,” which somebody made happen.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

Additionally, the moon is home to water ice, which can be used for rocket propulsion, as well as rare earth minerals such as lithium, platinum and other materials critical to electronics and clean energy technology.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Maybe it was something about the rotation of the earth, or sunspots, or something bizarre like that.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix