moon
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After weeks of leaking lower, bullish call options were suddenly bid to the moon, McElligott noted.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
One day on the planet lasts approximately 10.7 hours, and its magnetosphere also contains large amounts of ionized material supplied by its moon Enceladus.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
According to BBC climate correspondent Paul Hudson, the moon should begin blocking the sun between approximately 18:12 and 18:19 BST.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The cosmic event requires the sun, the moon and the earth to be in a perfect alignment.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The crescent moon shone overhead, and the blue light of the day made it seem as though nothing had changed.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
The second of three summer full moons is set to rise above the West Country on Wednesday night.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
In addition, the team ran N-body simulations to track the formation of moons and the gradual movement of their orbits.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
The researchers now plan to apply their theory to additional moons and to possible exomoon systems around distant planets.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
Symbols that the pioneering assemblage artist has been “remixing” for more than seven decades — stars, moons, eyes, hands — emerge in vibrant washes of magenta, teal and her favored crepuscular blues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Why couldn’t the stars in the sky be planets or moons or suns on their own?
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
She and Tom Arnold had mooned the crowd at a World Series game to show off their matching tattoos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2018
You wouldn't even be getting this kind of coverage if Silvio Berlusconi mooned Barack Obama in front of the UN.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 11, 2013
The worst that anti-gay rights activists faced was being mooned or flipped the bird.
From Slate ● May 16, 2012
So far, she seems mild-mannered compared with McQueen, who once mooned the crowd, in lieu of a bow, at the end of his runway show.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2011
Eddie mooned on down to La Ida and talked to his friend the bartender.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
Bogotá’s unorthodox mayor, Antanas Mockus—who rose to fame after mooning student protesters and deployed mimes to control traffic—viewed the activity as a gambit “to achieve self-regulation in the behavior among citizens.”
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2024
Would there be a ShyBelligerent if he still were mooning around Compton?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2024
He does big swings of mood, laughing hysterically, weeping when necessary, mooning over nature like a Beat poet.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2022
Footage captured the moment a terminally ill man was arrested by police officers after "mooning" at speed camera van.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2021
The boys and I tease Tristas for constantly mooning over his fiancée, but he’s one of the finest swordsmen at Blackcliff, clever and cat-swift.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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