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[fawrm] / fɔrm /




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It marks the first time in more than 30 years that a hurricane did not form till October.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Energy assistance comes in the form of U.S. dollars, not gallons, so with the higher prices for heating oil, ‘those dollars are only going to go half as far as they did a year ago.’

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026

That the mute infant art form soon relied on fashions that excited the eye should come as no surprise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

The polymer filament is sold in spools that feed into 3-D printers, allowing the devices to form designs created by their owners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

I’m so shaken, I’m not sure I can form a sentence.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Material falling toward a black hole, for example, often forms a swirling disk around it before moving inward.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

The prize, announced at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm on Thursday, awarded Carson “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Across most forms of life, these signals have maintained the same basic functions for an extraordinarily long period of evolutionary history.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

The lesson from Penn State isn’t simply that hazing can take shocking forms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

A fan of modernism and progress in all forms, Greeley was happy to introduce his readers to the new idea of spirit communication.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Seventeen countries from southern, central and eastern Europe have formed a group known as the "Friends of Cohesion", pushing for greater funding to support agriculture and regional development.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

Vodafone and CK formed the business last year by merging their respective Vodafone UK and Three UK units.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Hayler has suggested his ex-wife had "launched a campaign" against him when their marriage ended, and the allegations formed part of this, the court heard.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The Department of Angels, a fire victims group formed after the January 2025 blazes, applauded the county’s action.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

We were not allowed to step around them as the ranks were formed: often we stood in water up to our ankles, and at night the barracks reeked with rotting shoe leather.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Bitter rivals are forming new alliances, such as Elon Musk and Dario Amodei, whose companies worked together to secure computing power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Manus has also said it is forming teams to "develop products for the domestic market".

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

On 12 September the season set a new record for the latest date reached without a hurricane forming since the start of the satellite era in the 1960s.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Computer simulations suggest terrestrial planets, including Earth, should emerge within the first few hundred million years after a solar system begins forming.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Ahead, the winding river took a sharp turn and traveled alongside Fernlight Road, then carved back through Deadwood in the shape of a tight horseshoe, forming a bend of shallow waters.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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