apparatus
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Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said more than 73,000 migrants had crossed the Channel since Labour came to power and the apparatus to remove those with no right to stay was collapsing.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
CBS reported, citing unnamed sources, that members of the US military and intelligence apparatus were cancelling holiday weekend plans in anticipation of possible strikes.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
However, much of the Caballero family’s performance lore begins with Isabel’s son, 82-year-old Rubén: an apparatus connoisseur well-versed in the high wire, trapeze and hand balancing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
The security law permitted China’s state security apparatus to operate openly in the city after years of doing so covertly.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
In the presentation speech, Professor K. M. G. Siegbahn of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences praised the cyclotron as “without comparison, the most extensive and complicated apparatus construction carried out so far.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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Orbiting Jupiter
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