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But, as well as being the suspected source of a string of mass food poisonings, the programme has been dogged by allegations of corruption and criticism of its cost.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Do you need your own transportation or can you use mass transit?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Faraday Future says its expensive battery-powered luxury vehicles were never meant for the mass market, and it is developing a more affordable electric van that could be delivered as early as next year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
As a result, scientists have struggled to directly and reliably determine how the universe's total HI mass has changed across the low- to intermediate-redshift universe.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
They were horrendous —a thick mass of them on her head, a swarm trailing back like a comet’s tail as she flew through the air.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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The exact limit depends strongly on the masses of the dark matter halos where those seeds originally formed.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
She wrote thousands of songs, but it was television that made her most popular ones, and her, accessible to the masses.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
During papal assignments, he submits possible designs and fabric swatches to the Vatican office that organises masses and other papal celebrations, the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Or how to make boat restoration interesting to the masses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
The sigil grows bolder and brighter, and the webbed masses from the ceiling begin unwinding toward the floor.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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Playing on the title, it opens with a big gospel organ and a massed chorus, before a handbrake turn into lip-smacking rap.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
But as U.S. warships massed near the Middle East and rumors swirled of huge trades for pricier oil, Hosseinzadeh saw one risk that loomed large.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
Last week, around 1,200 boats massed in two parallel lines further east of the January and December events and held their positions for about 30 hours, Wang said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
Like the British troops who readily acknowledged the “pluck” of the Dervishes, Mr. Hart is impressed by their willingness to face the massed firepower of rifles, machine guns and artillery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
We don’t know the target yet, but we know the Luftwaffe’s got a few thousand aircraft, fighters and bombers, massed in fields along the coast of France.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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Tankers are already massing outside the Strait to fill up.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026
Many of the fishing boats involved in the December and January massing events were likely part of China's maritime militia, some experts said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
Following restoration work which took place last year, Gualtieri introduced a queuing system to prevent large crowds massing around the landmark.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025
One day in December, Nat notices gulls, crows, starlings and wrens massing menacingly overhead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
“His men have seen fires in the mountains on the far side of the Gorge. Wildlings massing, Ser Denys believes. He thinks they are going to try to force the Bridge of Skulls again.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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