decade
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Scientists agree that warming above 1.5C relative to pre-industrial times poses grave risks, and nearly 200 nations committed a decade ago to try and keep global temperature rises to this safer threshold.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Because the next decade and the decisions we make will write the story of the next century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
When the guilty verdicts were announced, Richard Masters, the Premier League's chief executive, said the club had "systematically broke Premier League rules for nearly a decade".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Boatwright worked under Niccol while Chipotle was trying to rebuild its reputation and bottom line following a food-safety scare during the prior decade.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
A little more than a decade after the end of the Seven Years’ War, the American Revolution began; the revolt would strip England of its richest colony.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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South Africa has struggled with xenophobic attacks for nearly two decades.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Standing behind the counter of his fish-and-chip shop near the Etihad Stadium, Sailish Parekh says the transformation of east Manchester over the past two decades has been remarkable.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
People are often living longer these days, and the years after leaving a full-time job can last for decades.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
The Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers have previously faced antitrust suits about the arrangement, which dates back decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Worn out by all that talking, by all that remembering, by the story I’d kept inside me all these decades, unloosed by this boy who so needed to hear it.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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Perfect Ten: Dec, Cent, Mille
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