net
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"It's a very old idea," he says, noting that net pens have been used to rehabilitate injured wild whales, or temporarily used while re-introducing captured orcas back into the wild.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
The hackers also threatened to publish the data on their dark net website unless Synnovis paid a ransom.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Netwealth’s 1Q net inflows of A$2.5 billion disappointed, especially when measured against the moving average of the past 10 quarters of A$3.8 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
“This is further supported by the 9,423 new accounts, nearly 100 new financial intermediary agreements and record MA net inflows over the last six months.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Meanwhile Tseko did the same with another boy, and I saw that the net had formed an arc in the water on one side of the boat.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
The rosier view comes after the company netted sales of 374.2 million euros for the year’s third quarter, up 13.5% from a year earlier, and picking up a little pace from the first six months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
If so, it’d be quite the capper to a career that has netted him seven Oscar nominations, five for his screenplays and two for direction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Since the start of the 2026 World Cup, the Real Madrid star has netted 10 times in 12 matches for England, having scored six times in the 48 games beforehand.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
She says she grossed $300,000 last year and netted $90,000.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
In this hot noonday the trees of the Belt were looped and netted with darkest shadow.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Wildberries has started using steel netting around some of its warehouses to defend against drones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
It landed on the netting on the other side of the wall to tie the score.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Odegaard has scored three goals in four appearances in all competitions this season, after netting only once in 36 last term.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
France recently sold the last of its New York gold, while upgrading it and netting a gain equivalent to $15 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 6, 2026
A curtain separated our side of the room from the end where my parents slept in a four-poster bed veiled with mosquito netting.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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