fossil
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But a crucial difference between renewables and fossil fuels is that buyers only have to pay for a solar plant or wind turbine once.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Georgieva said oil and gas exporting countries that haven’t been swept up in the conflict will be least affected, while those that import fossil fuels will “bear the brunt of the impact.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
The fossil was discovered at a site at Mazon Creek in Illinois, US, with the first analysis of it published in 2000.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
The fossil, known as Pohlsepia mazonensis, is not an octopus.
From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026
This is best experienced by looking them up, preferably in one of the dictionaries that provide all the roots back to the original, hypothetical fossil language of proto-Indo-European, and observing their behavior.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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