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A federal judge in California ordered the companies to temporarily pause the deal in a ruling on Monday, just two days before the European Union gave the merger a conditional green light.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Barnes, four other Times reporters and their families—along with the New York Times NYT 1.41%increase; green up pointing triangle itself—were swept up in a legal brawl over the Trump administration’s efforts to identify leakers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The company introduced flexible working, fidget toys in meeting rooms, and red or green "busy lights" on desks, that allow staff to indicate whether they're happy to be disturbed.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Although the work focuses on fundamental scientific questions, it is closely connected to technologies that could become increasingly important for Sweden and the wider green economy.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Each kit has half a paper plate that’s been cut down the middle, plus little black stickers for the seeds and two crayons—one pink, one green.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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When it comes to greens, lettuce is king.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
From garlic-lemon sautéed greens to ramen topped with baby bok choy, here are a few great meals to make with just a box of chicken stock.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Taylor Farms supplies several major restaurant and grocery chains — including Chipotle, which has said it doesn’t serve shredded iceberg lettuce and that its other greens are not from Mexico.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
There’s a massive plant wall flanking one side of the Main Hall, with about 1,200 pots of living greens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Later, he would replace his cowboy hat with a fedora and, like Hoover, take up golf, putting the ball across the immaculate greens, where the new American men of money and power and leisure gathered.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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We can at least keep air in the realm of absurdity by fighting for a greener future, which we can still see ahead, even through the smoke.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
You know the story: The pool got greener and greener.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2026
“You get good healthcare, nice leisurely lunches, it’s a different way of life,” he said, “It’s not that the grass is always greener, these are just facts.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026
Though the new process will be greener, a fraction of the staff will be needed, with a loss of more than 2,000 jobs.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
It skipped over hills greener than fresh twenty-dollar bills.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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It ranges from the greenest to the dirtiest, from established technologies to speculative ones, and even includes companies that play tangential roles in the sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
I was behind the wheel of the biggest, meanest, greenest, most American street-legal machine in existence.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025
Despite the greenest possible light, at least one of his 93 NBA field-goal attempts have had to cross Knecht’s “crazy or something like that” threshold, right?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2024
The organising committee of Paris 2024 has vowed to make it the greenest Games in Olympic history, with half the carbon footprint of London 2012 and Rio 2016.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2024
Not by butterflies with wings as clear as little cats-eye glasses; not by the longest or shortest or greenest snake in the road.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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Trees with access to shallow water tables "greened up" during drought, the researchers found, while trees over deeper water tables experienced more foliage browning and tree death.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2024
A 2018 study on cleaning-and-greening vacant lots in neighborhoods with residents living below the poverty line found a 29 percent reduction in gun violence around lots that were greened with trees compared to vacant lots.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 9, 2023
And all the snowmelt has brilliantly greened what’s often a dry, brown tinder box by this time of year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2023
In a randomized controlled trial, our team found that people living near newly greened spaces reported feeling less depressed than those who did not.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2021
Week after week, I returned to Iowa, watching through the plane window as the seasons changed, as the earth slowly greened and the soybean and corn crops grew in ruler-straight lines.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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So experts said countries across the region should further insulate energy systems against more frequent disruptive weather events by diversifying and greening their grids.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
Her priorities have included early education expansion, school greening improvements, literacy through phonics training, protecting immigrant students and focusing more budget resources on the highest-need schools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
There was citrus canker, a viral infection that had plagued citrus for years prior to the arrival of greening.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
However the pumpkins got there, it was an uplifting sight, as was the greening of the mountains and foothills just up the way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
Every May brings Atomic Bomb Awareness Month to Camillo Junior High, right after the greening grass and the yellowing forsythia.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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