messenger
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China’s People’s Liberation Army has dabbled with messenger pigeons to carry dispatches from the front lines in the event of a catastrophic communications outage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Charting an American immigrant's rise from messenger boy to corporate tycoon, it was inspired, in part, by his own financial problems and did much to solve them.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
From Bass’ side, Pratt voters will be targeted by her most credible messenger to moderate and more conservative voters: the Police Protective League, the union representing rank-and-file Los Angeles Police Department officers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
This brain region contains neurons that produce dopamine, a chemical messenger involved in processing important experiences, including rewards and adversity.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
The cards and letters are collected, placed in bags, and brought by messenger to the Bowens’ private residence, a town house that is already overflowing with appropriately somber floral arrangements.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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The leaders of the A.I. industries are extremely unpopular and make bad messengers for requesting this sort of access.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026
Peptides are short chains of amino acids that can act as signaling messengers that might, for instance, tell the body to produce more growth hormone or repair tissue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The White House has also lost one of its most powerful messengers, after formidable Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stepped down, saying she wanted to devote more time to her children.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
When muscles contract, they release hormone-like messengers called myokines into the bloodstream.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
To the messengers, in Algonquian, he says, “Tell Chief Powhatan we come, give things he wants.”
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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