discharge
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Last week, the California Coastkeeper Alliance filed a petition asking the State Water Resources Control Board to throw out the facility’s water discharge permit.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
"Similar to conventional batteries, quantum batteries charge, store and discharge energy. But while everyday batteries rely on chemical reactions, quantum batteries leverage properties of quantum mechanics," Associate Professor Hutchison said.
From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026
Frost then spent five hours in the hospital's A&E unit before eventually being readmitted as a failed discharge.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
“It’s a big issue. Once you have to discharge a vessel of five or six thousand cars, you occupy a lot of land.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
The Trailways bus, with its lights still on, pulled off the highway to discharge and pick up a passenger.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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