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Those items underscore the importance of local election results, and will “remain relevant after election day, regardless of which party gains seats” in Congress, Lerner wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
British King Charles landed in Guyana on Thursday as part of a Caribbean tour, looking to underscore the climate crisis while facing pressure to apologize for Britain's hand in slavery.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
The findings underscore a fundamental principle of sleep biology: Rest is not simply a period when the brain switches off.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
Its individual projections underscore the growing divide between AI winners and the rest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
What activities could you do with them to underscore the idea of the soundscape?
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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The escalation is further squeezing global energy supply chains, and underscores the threat drones now pose in the wars in Ukraine and the Persian Gulf.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
The upheaval underscores how L.A. franchises have become billion-dollar assets in a high-stakes arms race, in which owners chase media money, luxury arenas and global clout as fiercely as championships.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
“That just underscores the incredible capital intensity of this build-out,” he said, adding that he tried to be relatively conservative in his assumptions but still arrived at “enormous” figures.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
"That he does so at will with little opposition underscores how unassailable his position is at the moment."
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
In that sense, the Terman study underscores the argument Annette Lareau makes, that what your parents do for a living, and the assumptions that accompany the class your parents belong to, matter.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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The New York Times’ reporting into Megaspeed late last month underscored the broader challenge of keeping advanced Nvidia chips out of China despite U.S. restrictions on their sale to the parties operating in the country.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2026
The Ugandan health minister said the recent cases meant the risk had not ended and further underscored the need to "remain vigilant".
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
The paralysis was underscored Sunday evening as President Emmanuel Macron delivered a televised address that condemned the violence but was vague about what measures the government would take to stop it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
The European Central Bank has authorized the takeover of Germany's Commerzbank AG by UniCredit, the Italian bank said Thursday, calling it an "important milestone" that underscored confidence in its bid.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Before our shift the next day, the training officer underscored the seriousness of what had happened and said that the injured inmate was very likely to sue the Department.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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Headline inflation moderated last month but remained above the central bank’s 2% target, underscoring the challenge of taming price pressures stoked by the energy shock and artificial-intelligence boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Cohere is led by Aidan Gomez, an AI researcher who co-authored a seminal paper that laid the foundations for modern AI systems, underscoring the role of the Canadian AI research ecosystem in the field's development.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin announced Thursday a 10-year agreement for the production of 850 F-35 warplanes, underscoring Washington's long-term commitment to the stealth aircraft.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Her research found that large Olympic visitor numbers do not necessarily translate into higher museum attendance, underscoring the importance of local audiences and programming before and beyond the competitions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Neutron stars would not be detected until 1967 and hard evidence of black holes not found until the twenty-first century, underscoring Oppenheimer’s achievement and the tragedy of his curiously unfulfilled career.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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