operation
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Was it a brilliant operation by Chinese intelligence or trivial gamesmanship that spun out of control?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Santa Clara-based Great America’s last day of operation will be Labor Day 2027.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
Nvidia’s board already this week launched an independent investigation into whether Huang was the target of a foreign-intelligence operation.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
When the superconducting qubit needs that information, it accesses the stored vibrational state, performs the required operation, and returns the modified information to memory.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
On August 11, he drafted a memo to John Ehrlichman recommending: “A covert operation be undertaken to examine all the medical files still held by Ellsberg’s psychoanalyst.”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
The government has consistently defended its security operations as lawful and necessary to maintain stability.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin said the US Coast Guard also supported local rescue operations.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Just two nuclear reactors started operations in the U.S. in the last decade and they were seven years late and more than 100% over budget.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
That was a common refrain from leaders of baseball operations departments around the league.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
It’s like one of those operations where they save your life but take out some big part of you.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
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