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Nothing about it makes sense until the credits roll and you learn the film was shot entirely in Queensland, Australia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Ode engineers are now helping Chamberlain test software that can learn a family’s routines, like when they arrive home every day, and flag deviations to the homeowner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Many welcome volunteers free of charge and provide tools and equipment, making it easy to get outdoors, meet new people and learn new skills.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Bowie told the informant that she would "make it a point to have picnics by the capital to observe" and learn about security measures, the complaint alleges.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
“Well, learn plenty,” I told him, “and tell me all about it when and if I get back.”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
The new framework proposes that the brain learns these recurring patterns and stores them within networks of synapses.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
In an Instagram post, Grasso said she needed her fans "now more than ever" as she learns more about the mental health condition.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
When Elizabeth learns that her cancer has returned, Sophie overhears her parents’ subsequent conversation via a butt-dial from her father’s phone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Directed by Matt Johnson, it plays as a coming-of-age story as Bourdain gets his act together and learns that he craves both the chaos and rigor of a kitchen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Making synaptic connections is how your brain actually thinks, learns, remembers, acts, and reacts.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
The Duchess of Sussex is in talks to return to acting with a role in Netflix series The Gentlemen, the BBC has learned.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
In an email to AFP, Russia's embassy in Canberra said it had learned of the case through media reports.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
The exact terms of the deal couldn’t be immediately learned, but Nvidia is expected to invest several hundred million dollars, one of the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
And despite all of the negative sentiment surrounding Iamaleava and his time at Tennessee, it was with the Volunteers when he learned how to effectively lead and cultivate camaraderie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Don Quixote learned that the man owed the boy some back pay, so he figured out how much it was and, menacing the man with his lance, ordered the farmer to pay what he owed.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
Diagnosed with autism, Arday says he was non-verbal until age 11 and only learnt to read and write at 18, before becoming Cambridge's professor of sociology of education at 37.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Despite never meeting Saunders, O'Brien said he was someone he had learnt a lot about over the years.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
By comparison Uganda has had nine since 2000, with officials there saying lessons learnt from past tragedies have allowed them to stop the disease ripping through the country on various occasions.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
In the wake of the announcement, Magyar said on Facebook that he had learnt of the alleged raid from Fidesz.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
The revolutionary element he introduced into the sacred music he wrote at Notre-Dame was something he’d clearly learnt from the troubadours, who had in turn picked it up from Spain: rhythm.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
There’s lessons about learning from your mistakes, honoring your ancestors and loving yourself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
A generation is learning, before it can vote, that its account of its own life is provisional.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
Tang, 49, has been working on machine learning for about a quarter-century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Machine learning systems can search millions of biological data points for subtle relationships that may be difficult to detect using conventional approaches.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
‘I was in the south. With the Red Deer Clan. I was learning Magecraft. Saeunn,’ he nodded at the old woman talking to the raven, ‘our Mage, she wanted me to go.’
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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