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"And I'd argue that, in many cases, it isn't a disorder at all. It instead represents a persistent echo, a relic of this earlier pattern of sleep."

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Critics point to a quilt-like pattern of toxins, rather than widespread contamination, as evidence that the lead was likely present before the Eaton fires and could be treated with less urgency.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

A similar pattern emerged after pandemic-era Medicaid protections ended in 2023.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

They reveal an association, meaning other factors could help explain the pattern.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026

I avert my eyes, open my hand, and trace the pattern on the inside of my palm—two stylized hearts, one atop the other, locked in an eternal headbutting competition.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

The eventual aim of Moen's research is to develop clear clinical guidelines that might help shift workers and others with disrupted sleep patterns.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Artificial intelligence over time can peruse the data, find patterns and change the interpretation and action layers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Experts have pointed to a combination of factors behind increasingly severe wildfire seasons, including drought, extreme heat, changing weather patterns and forest conditions.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

Federal health authorities, Essayli said, “recognize that unusual patterns of cancer and community concerns regarding potential environmental exposures should be evaluated through a systematic, science-based process.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

It was a riot of floral patterns, soft carpets, and comfortable furniture strewn with pillows, nothing like the formal, antique-filled rooms upstairs.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

"I was less surprised by the differences and more surprised by some of the similarities, particularly in the ways these risks are patterned across settings," Nichols said.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026

Filled with eccentric decorative touches that mirrored Simmons’ vibrant public persona, the property features everything from staircase cherubs and boldly patterned wallpaper to curved French doors, terraced gardens, and a key-shaped swimming pool.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

The “underwater city” of a barrier reef bustles with activity, with vibrantly patterned fish darting busily between corals and sea sponges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Hansen chose patterned terra-cotta tile from Foothill Tile & Stone Co. in Pasadena for the walls, and just outside, she used wallpaper from House of Hackney with mythical animals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

The marble floor was patterned with squares and circles like a Roman tic-tac-toe game.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

"I've been fascinated for a long time by the camouflage and disruptive patterning of moth wings," she added.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

One of the best known examples of organized patterning is the Voronoi diagram, a geometric system that divides space into separate regions around central points.

From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026

The pictures’ flatly painted skin and two-dimensional patterning in textiles and wallpaper are set into shimmering visual motion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2024

The new study identified a common molecular cue, while known to direct head-to-tail patterning in a wide variety of animals, as part of the gene circuitry guiding hindbrain patterning in sea lampreys.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 21, 2024

Roughly: the more “rhetorical” it sounds—the more stuffed with extended metaphors, elaborate verbal patterning, and five-dollar words—the higher the style.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith