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In a post on X, Centcom said US fighters struck the Iranian military's air defences, a ground control station and two drones that it said "posed a clear threat to ships transiting through regional waters".
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
A conservation approach once praised as a global model for helping people and predators coexist may be losing ground because of a lack of long-term government support, according to new research.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
That ground seems adequately covered in popular culture.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
He says he was struck by the role luck played early in one speaker’s story—and then by how the speaker ground it out to build a multibillion-dollar business.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
The library was housed in the top floors of the Metropolitan Building, but I avoided the elevators and took the stairs down the eight flights to ground level, ignoring the still-raw blisters on my feet.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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