formation
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He pulled Messi off the right wing and placed him at the tip of the forward formation - but without the job of a traditional striker.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
Subsidized egg-freezing for women who delay childbearing for career reasons could extend the window for family formation without forcing an impossible choice.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
On the three-year weekly chart, the stock appears to be carving out what could become the right clavicle of a larger bearish head-and-shoulders formation.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Together, the methane and carbon dioxide measurements point to a formation history that differs significantly from that of most comets that originated around our Sun.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
Marina had flown other bombing missions with Nadya, and the two pilots were comfortable flying their Po-2s in formation.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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