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[mod-ern] / ˈmɒd ərn /


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The use of cheap FPV drones became widespread during the Russia-Ukraine war and has changed modern warfare.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Just about anybody can rock with that – including a modern hip-hop artist who transformed a beef into awards gold.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

Some of those cruises are also famous in the scientific literature—one of the foundations of modern contact tracing comes from an outbreak of gastroenteritis on a cruise ship.

From Slate • May 16, 2026

Somewhere in that ancient mix of species, landscapes, diets, and chance events, the path to modern humans began to take shape.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

The last eruption—around 125 years before Crandell and Mullineaux’s report—was long before any modern scientific record.

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




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