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The speed and force violently shook the airframe, formed shock waves along with wings and sent ripples along the components used to control direction and manipulate speed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
The ultras then set off red pyrotechnics which turned the compass needle back in the direction of the fans.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
In NbN, the superconducting energy gap is almost equal in every direction.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
"If he would disagree with ...the direction of the company, he would say it," Diamos says.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Then it’d throw its head and snort milk in every direction and all over Lloyd.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Krasner moved in various directions, including, after Pollock’s death in 1956, occasional echoes of his compositions, perhaps as mourning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
In YBCO, however, the gap varies considerably with direction and disappears entirely along certain directions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Traffic built up due to the complete closure to all vehicles going in both directions on the Southern Bridge, one of eight bridges connecting the east and west of Kyiv over the Dnipro river.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The ruined stone house comes with "lovely walks in all directions"
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
“Well, it’s going all directions now,” came the second operator’s reply.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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