foundations
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Like the groves and gardens, houses built foolhardily near the dry summertime river risked being pulled off their foundations and washed away by the winter torrents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The programme is funded by philanthropic foundations and has received about $300,000 to date, according to Borneo Futures.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Blair said its funding comes mostly from foundations and trusts, but declined to name specific sources.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The effect matched the prediction that follows when Einstein's equivalence principle, one of the foundations of his theory of gravity, is extended to a quantum object.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
“The foundations of this shrine have been eaten away over the centuries!”
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
