iron

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Profits from King Cotton helped sustain the growth of Northern insurance, banking, shipping and textile firms, and flowed indirectly into the dynamic development of railroads, iron manufacture and other modern industries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Your challenge now is to iron out the IRA and house questions.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

It covers the early production of bronze – a copper and tin alloy – up to the first uses of iron.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

There are metals too, like iron and titanium, and also helium, which is used in everything from superconductors to medical equipment.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

“Just remember what I told you about animals. There never was one that couldn’t be caught. And always keep more than one iron in the fire.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls