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fuse

[fyooz] / fyuz /


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I have relied on each in my career, and starting my own business was a way to fuse them.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

"Climate change and land clearing have shortened the fuse on global forest fires," said Prof Matthew Hansen of the University of Maryland.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

But a heated argument coming from a house in Lee’s neighborhood became the next spark that lit a narrative fuse.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

The gp350 protein helps the virus attach to human cells, while gp42 allows it to fuse with and enter those cells.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

They were used as stilts in the kiln, to support a vessel clear of the clay stand on which it was fired, so that the two would not fuse together.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park




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