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Network Rail said the new system "eradicates the failure mechanisms of the past by providing complete separation of bimetallic elements and using a copper contact wire which improves current collection" from overhead wires by trains.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
The restrictions highlighted Europe's heavy dependence on rare earths from China, which is the world's top producer of the elements.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
This options strategy is designed to protect a long stock position from losses, and has three elements.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
They don’t plug books, movies, concerts or any other elements that would be dated by future airings.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
This account presented Muslim and Christian philosophers with a problem which had not worried their pagan predecessors: how did it come about that the four elements did not form perfect concentric circles?
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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