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Rotation curves describe how quickly stars and gas orbit at different distances from the centers of galaxies.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
I wasn’t part of those surveys, but the numbers confirm what I know from regrettable experience, as I describe in a new book.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026
“Redeem” was commonly used in the 15th and 16th centuries to describe such transactions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Then there’s “Odds of Getting Even,” in which he deploys some classic country-music wordplay to describe the revenge he’s planned to exact on a cheater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
The same word Gingersnipes had used to describe Clare.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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Near the end of the book, Biden describes Trump’s “fawning” meeting with him in the Oval Office after the 2024 election.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
She describes those who have come forward as "beyond brave".
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
The Grammy-winning songwriter has a new PBS special and an album of old tunes he describes as his ‘problem children.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
In one sequence, the team describes their frustration at the way in which Israeli propagandists claimed genuine photos of a dead child were staged using a doll.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
“No. It’s just indigestion. Of course, indigestion, also known as dyspepsia, is a term that describes a wide range of gastrointestinal maladies.”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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The committee added the "nature of the conduct described and the accompanying circumstances" means that "the maximum sanction, a 12-match suspension, is justified".
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Lyudmila, a pensioner who was resting on some steps, described the endless toll of nights under barrage.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
The new AI approach, described in the journal Advanced Photonics, was developed specifically to model the nonlinear χ2 interactions involved in this frequency conversion process.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
In the Times article, a woman described as an employee and named Alex said she met Brand in her 30s and engaged in an on-and-off relationship with the actor during the aughts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
“But whenever they claimed their communities were nearby, they described places you’ve never heard of,” he said.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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She testified on his behalf, describing him as a devoted father.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
Teleparallel gravity takes a different mathematical approach, describing gravity through a property called torsion.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
The site has a rich natural and cultural heritage as well as a chalk stream, with the trust describing the area as "a distinctive fen-edge landscape where low-lying fenland meets the higher chalk ridge".
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
“The vet world is so mean,” Indiana veterinarian Kami Graber said on TikTok, describing heated reactions to an earlier video she’d posted about the difference in qualifications between vet technicians and vet assistants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
The case contained a secret compartment, in which Ames had stashed a document describing the CIA's relationship with the spy, along with his photograph; Ames never found it again.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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