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[oh-puhn] / ˈoʊ pən /










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Culver City-based creative studio Native Foreign makes AI commercials for brands that are more open than Hollywood about AI use.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Now that the 4,400-square foot Wilmette store is open, Hermès executives see much more local clientele there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

They also denied media reports that she had attempted to open the door of the aircraft.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

The recordings showed who was getting in and out of the cars, the routes taken and even the codes used to open gates or doors to military facilities.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

The dough he had been poorly flattening to that point tore at a thin spot, splitting in half before it fell between the grates of the stovetop—straight onto the open flame.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

An online raffle for tickets to this year’s Wondaween at a “super secret location” in the L.A. area opens Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Citi opens a 30-day upside catalyst watch and keeps its buy rating with a target price of 10.31 yuan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Thanks to an accordion-style glass door, the seating area opens to a 500-square-foot private terrace, offering a private outdoor space that’s difficult to come by in Manhattan—and it even includes an additional kitchen.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

"It's a small window that opens just a crack into the complexity of their world," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Finally, the path opens to a broad clearing.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

School opened on schedule on Tuesday, but students, families and staff had to reset more than 600,000 passwords.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

A Protestant born in 1885, Weirich opened his shop in Weimar shortly before the outbreak of World War I in 1914.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

What began with one unusually large crayfish and a disagreement between colleagues has now opened a new line of scientific inquiry into the biological factors that shape the size of these familiar freshwater creatures.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Australian company Ocius has been operating the Bluebottle fleet from a military base in Darwin in northern Australia, and opened an east coast factory in Sydney on Friday as it ramps up production.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

We were almost asleep when the door opened, and the light of a lantern danced into the room.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

"We used a very positional 4-3-3, understanding the spaces, the timings, waiting for the ball to arrive to you at the right time. Players moved the ball until gaps started opening."

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

On July 14, 2028, the Coliseum — USC’s campus-adjacent home stadium — will share the Olympics’ opening ceremony with SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

The opening chapters distinguish various sorts of “tale,” with references to Herman Melville, Nikolai Gogol and others, moving on to German authors, including Goethe and Novalis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Scientists have nicknamed it the "Pac-Man enzyme" because its molecular structure features a remarkably wide opening where chemical reactions take place, known as the active site.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Jessica looked at her mother and then pulled something green from the opening of the duffel bag.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott


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