formation
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His tenure predates the formation of Inspire, becoming Arby’s CEO in 2013 after Roark first acquired the roast-beef sandwich chain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
At the end of the service, four F-35 fighter jets flew over the cathedral in a "missing man" formation.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
A near-record-strength El Nino climate episode is warming the waters of the Pacific Ocean and promoting the formation of powerful storms.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
The result offers researchers a possible way to study how disturbances early in brain development could influence the formation of the cortex.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
The topic of disagreement is unknown, but likely concerned species formation, variation, and heredity.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The findings are especially significant for Western Australia because the region contains some of the largest banded iron formations on Earth.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
The deluge of ice and mud caused huge lakes to form, and one of these formations has become a direct threat to emergency workers scouring the region for survivors.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
"McInnes will be looking at this thinking they've put a lot of work into it, spent a lot of money, tried a lot of formations and nothing is working. What does he do now?"
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Rangers played five different formations tonight and they offered nothing.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The other soldiers hurry back into their formations.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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