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He had fled on foot after the officers attempted to stop him near Harrow Road as he approached the carnival wearing a face covering at about 15:20 BST on Monday, the Metropolitan Police said.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
One workaround is for data-center operators to sidestep the grid by building their own power plants on or near their massive gigawatt-scale campuses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Joe Island sits near the entrance to Petermann Fjord, putting it directly in the path of many ice islands leaving the glacier.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Always swim near a lifeguard, Stay off rocks and Jetties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
She had friends that lived near the swamps, and she’d have them show us around.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
And when outside, they tend to be closer to the ground and nearer sources of exhaust fumes, for example.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
But as the season draws nearer and a new era of Bruin football begins, all the enthusiasm does beg the question: What does a successful debut actually look like for Chesney at UCLA?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
We may also eventually receive light from some galaxies located even farther away, provided that the light began traveling toward us when the galaxies were nearer.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
While expectations for the House may evolve as the November election draws nearer, only 218 votes are needed for a legislative majority in the House.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
Those fissures would fade to a gentler violet as monsoon season drew nearer, but they’d never truly disappear.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
Each colony was positioned about 5 millimeters from its nearest neighbor.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Johnson’s Jake is particularly prone to changing his mind within a scene, practically letting us see the moments when his brain pops out of his body to bash itself against the nearest wall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
It said a "detailed noise impact assessment" concluded the site "won't have adverse impact on the nearest homes in terms of noise, including at night".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Or you can head straight for the nearest library to see for yourself what all the fuss is about.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
But before long Aunt Kitty whisked us off to the nearest train depot and we boarded a locomotive for New York City.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
As the legislative session nears its end, Newsom’s staff and lawmakers have been negotiating behind closed doors on a deal to limit utilities’ wildfire liabilities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Scientists hope to prevent the extinction of some rare species by trying to understand their changing needs, as the UK nears the end of its hottest-ever summer.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Once a mosquito nears a trap, a small fan forces it into a baglike net, where it is held for pickup.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
The yearslong divorce battle nears a climax Friday, when a panel of appeals court judges is scheduled to decide how to divide Chey’s roughly $5 billion fortune with his ex-wife.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
The kids have been hard at work promoting the event in hopes of rallying support for local businesses as the opening of the SmartMart Superstore nears.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
The number of people missing in the catastrophic flood that sliced through the border area between Nepal and Tibet neared 3,000 on Saturday, as rescuers scoured deep, leg-sucking mud for survivors.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
Chevron and other U.S. energy companies neared deals to invest billions of dollars in Venezuela’s oil fields, positioning President Trump for a win after months of slow negotiations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
A study of more than a century of weather records found temperatures had risen across almost the entire region, and in recent summers, parts of Bundelkhand have neared 48C.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
He acknowledged as much as the trade deadline neared.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Baba rowed smoothly, and when they crossed the halfway point, he began singing like all the fishermen did when they neared the reserve.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
And the recent bad news from the turmoil in the bond market — which has seen long-term interest rates rising to multidecade highs — is also good news for those nearing or in retirement.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Chevron CVX 0.56%increase; green up pointing triangle and other U.S. energy companies are nearing deals to invest billions of dollars in Venezuela’s oil fields, positioning President Trump for a win after months of slow negotiations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
It had been nearing a close when it, too, became embroiled in controversy.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The viral Welsh vodka firm Au Vodka is nearing a £500m sale to Southern Comfort and BuzzBallz owner Sazerac.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
He had found on other volcanoes that the release of SO2 sometimes signaled that an eruption was nearing.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
