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From Lexington, he is sent to his most terrifying prison yet, known as Bloody Beaumont, where COVID-19 adds another layer of threat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
ServiceNow is focusing on security at the management layer attached to the platform, allowing companies to streamline threat detection and increase visibility across all AI applications.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026
They also revealed dislocations moving from the layer interfaces into the surrounding CoAl layers, helping explain how the material could deform without quickly fracturing.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Each layer thickened the regulatory side of the law, but without strengthening the liberal one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
When the men resumed their burdens the next day, they had a new layer of heavy, wet slush to trudge through, and more wet snow was falling steadily.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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"Our work demonstrates a technique for creating large-area oxide twistronic materials with controlled twist angles and a strong chemical bond between layers," says Xu.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
“There are too many layers between the software, down to the earth, to the shop floor,” Chen said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
"At major competitions such as the World Cosplay Summit, people tend to want to wear costumes that involve a certain level of technical complexity and often have several layers," the electrical technician told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
The FPO is also building vertical towers, where strawberries can be grown on a coco-peat substrate, five layers deep.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Jack’s grandfather was covered in three or four layers of different-colored clothing, while his long white beard poked out from his shirt in several places.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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Come 2028, the Democratic presidential campaign promises to be a banger, with all sorts of intrigue and subplots layered within a wide-open fight for the nomination.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
Over time, material such as pollen, sand, plant remains, and organic matter settles at the bottom of a lake, building a layered record of past environmental conditions.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
His poetic titles often defy translation; their layered meanings and references can only be approximated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
“One of the main things about the ‘ABBA sound’ is how they layered the vocals, and we do that all live in our show,” Holcenberg said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
She was working on her series of superimposed photos, images of tools in the shadows layered over more tools in the shadows.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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The horizontal layering allows some seismic waves to travel long distances, while the vertical intrusions appear to disrupt and weaken others.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
Quijada and Robinson invite us into the process of making their musical, constructing the show’s soundscape and musical score in real time by recording musical phrases into a looping station and layering in sound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
From the scaffolding, restorers have been meticulously filling in damaged portions of the frescoes and conservatively layering paint over bare sections with delicate brushes, their hands protected by gloves.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Continue layering until you reach the top of your cup.
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
By layering and connecting billions of neurons, you get a brain.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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