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Waymo, the self-driving vehicle subsidiary of Google's parent company Alphabet, offers its services in 11 US cities.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026
Meta Platforms, the parent of Facebook, is laying off about 8,000 employees, or about 10% of its workers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
“You want to position it right. As they get older, if they start having to take care of the parent, it’s nice to have another parent in the house.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
Previously, DC was an independent studio, with Gunn and Safran reporting directly to the chief executive of Warner’s parent company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
Children’s voices, after all, are their first instrument—a child’s first exceptionally pleasant musical experience is likely to be hearing lullabies from a parent or guardian, and then vocally experimenting with his or her own voice.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
At the end of the ceremony with other tech executives, Trump met Huang’s parents, who moved to the U.S. from Taiwan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
Mark Andre Tomas Navarrete had grown resentful of his parents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
Summoning the courage to go there, she hoped to appeal to his parents face to face.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
Both of Mykhailo's parents and his grandparents worked at the plant, starting when it was built by the Soviet Union following the end of World War II.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
One morning, Iwas in the hall near the classroom door when I overheard her telling one of the parents that Jessica and her family had been living in town for a week or two already.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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