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Plus, we examine why Big Tech’s AI spending is $3 trillion higher than it seems, and how Burger King overtook Wendy’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Researchers also plan to examine Webb's extensive archive to create a broader census of little red dots and investigate how their surrounding environments influence their evolution.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Locatelli said having two perspectives meant they could examine food from "360 degrees".
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
In their coalition agreement for governing the city, the Social Democrats and liberals pledged to expand public toilet provision and examine whether public toilets could be made free for everyone.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
She bent over to examine a dark, spidery plant growing along the fence to the left of the house.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Our reporting examines how two of the world’s most powerful figures quietly mended one of modern politics’ most volatile partnerships—and what both stand to gain ahead of the high-stakes midterm elections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
A comparative literature professor at Stanford University, his forthcoming book, “What Tech Calls Governing,” examines the increasingly authoritarian politics of Silicon Valley.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
A counterfeit works only until someone examines it, and Judge Williams already has.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
Sosnick quotes a post on LinkedIn by Henry Schwartz in which the vice president of market intelligence at Cboe examines trading in S&P 500 options.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
The doctor examines the baby, prods her, raises her eyelids, feels her neck, arms, legs.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
Allianz examined productivity during unusually hot years, and it concludes that heat waves cost between 0.3% and 0.5% of European GDP overall, and more than 1% of GDP in heat-prone southern regions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
A three-judge panel ordered that the cricketer-turned-politician be taken to Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad in the next 48 hours to be examined by physicians.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Those and other purchase obligations at the companies the Journal examined stand at a whopping $1.9 trillion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Nevertheless, Fiona had her lamb examined by a vet and said her "heart sank" when a test for bluetongue came back positive.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
They’d all been prodded and tested, examined inside and out, and given fiendishly difficult tasks such as solving math problems while wearing headphones through which a friendly voice whispered incorrect answers.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Situational’s lenders began examining their exposure to the firm and its swings in performance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Work includes examining the accident site, the derailed train and railway infrastructure.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
"We are also examining how much can be transported by road, via alternative routes."
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Los Angeles County election officials are examining steps ahead of the November midterms to respond to the rising popularity of election trading via prediction markets, including a possible ban on wagering for county election workers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
It was an illuminating insight: a scientist could understand the present and the future by examining the “battered relics” of the past.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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