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[mas] / mæs /




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“I aggressively defend the status quo, and I’m fine with exploding rents and mass displacement.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

In interviews, McClain Delaney said she regretted the vote and that at the time, she didn’t envision the Trump administration carrying out its mass deportation promises.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

In July last year, mass Freedom of Information requests revealed for the first time that 3,700 illegal shops had operated across the UK.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

It was in this ancient world, shortly after the greatest mass extinction in Earth’s history that a new species of fossil reptile discovered in the interior of Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

As it flowed back, the wave of water dragged with it so many trees that a floating mass of logs covered the entire surface of the water.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

His supporters inside the Labour Party characterise him as a leader with the political nous to prioritise policies that will make a difference, and the communication ability to sell those messages to the masses.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Your goal as an investor should be to identify narratives before the masses do, just like the investors who identified the memory-trade bottleneck before everyone else did.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

While PS users’ final destinations are commercial flights, the company is banking on travelers splurging for a few hours away from the masses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

After 20 minutes, they found a spot — and joined the masses.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Nobody knows how many rebellions besides political rebellions ferment in the masses of life which people earth.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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

Tens of thousands of allied troops were massed on Iraq and Kuwait's borders for the ground war, which was still nine days away.

From BBC Mar. 11, 2026

About 8,000 miles from the Middle East, where U.S. forces massed over the past month to prepare for war, Heather Griffith has been jotting a string of rising numbers into a notebook.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 7, 2026

A Yemeni military official told AFP that some 15,000 Saudi-backed Yemeni troops were massed in a border area but had not yet received orders to tackle the separatists.

From Barron's Dec. 27, 2025

The great auditorium for Ford’s Day celebrations and other massed Community Sings was at the bottom of the building.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

Tankers are already massing outside the Strait to fill up.

From MarketWatch Jun. 18, 2026

Thousands of Chinese fishing boats have been massing in geometric formations in the East China Sea, in coordinated actions that experts believe are part of Beijing's preparations for a potential regional crisis or conflict.

From Barron's Mar. 13, 2026

Now troops are massing near the border region, raising concerns that Ethiopia’s long-term ambitions will feed into a long-running conflict with ethnic Tigrayan rebels, who dominate the Ethiopian side of the frontier.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 7, 2026

Then comes the mosquito-like whine of the incoming Russian drones, massing in their hundreds just above the clouds.

From BBC Nov. 16, 2025

"The Kingslayer is massing a host at easterly Rock," Ser Rodrik Cassel answered from the room behindher.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin




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