industrial

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A state that prohibited slavery from its founding and sustained a strong industrial economy, Ohio became an oasis for African-Americans seeking legal freedom during the slave era.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Estela Lopez of the downtown industrial improvement district, where trash is routinely dumped illegally, wrote to say a county report warned that typhus levels downtown had reached an all-time high.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

Pair that with a recovery in industrial end markets like medicine, robotics, and power, and you get a stock that can at least hold its recent gains.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

Most were non-unionised contract workers employed in small factories across industrial clusters, producing auto parts, electronics and garments, among other things.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Kissinger defended the attacks, pointing out that American planes were targeting military and industrial targets.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin