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We’re both U.S. citizens, safe on paper, but what if the value of our papers has changed?
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
The allegation this week that an OpenAI engineer from Saudi Arabia wrapped a tiny mic in toilet paper and hid it in a company conference room has suddenly raised the specter of Silicon Valley spies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
The newest, a wall-sized 2026 painting in ink on paper, “Ancient Cypress on the Cliff,” by Wang Mansheng, dwarfs a neighboring Southern Song dynasty fan painting depicting a wintry forest in ink on silk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
A new paper looking at the chemical reactions between water and disintegrating plastic offers a potential hypothesis for how microplastics might make us sick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
I wriggled it from my finger and laid it on the desk along with my wallet and paper guilders.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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We’re both U.S. citizens, safe on paper, but what if the value of our papers has changed?
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
This is a skillset of someone who is happiest in the darkest corners of government—the swampiest of swamps—a realm of acronyms, white papers, and multihyphenate bureaucracies.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
Together, the three papers provide a much more complete picture of this unusual cluster and offer new insights into galaxy cluster formation during cosmic noon.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Among the major findings in a collection of 722 papers were advances related to three of the five remaining Millennium Prize Problems, including the Riemann hypothesis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Something slipped out of the stack of papers Jonah was holding against one knee, while he braced his other knee against the floor.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Another echo occurred the following year when she papered her gallery’s wall in images of boats, and shortly after Warhol followed suit with silk-screen images of cows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Has Vinicius Jr brilliance just papered over the Brazilian cracks?
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Backed by a big, throwback live band, “Lost Me” beautifully papered over a failed relationship with an uncertain young bravado; “Backup Plan” gave his one-of-kind baritone room to roam and plead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
But as someone who was in the chamber for that speech, those affects papered over a frequent incomprehensibility.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026
"And papered some bushes. And threw some eggs. Big deal!"
From "Case of the Sneaky Snowman: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #5" by Carolyn Keene
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In response, she told Deters to “stop papering all these things. It’s really dangerous.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
On Monday, the climate-vulnerable Alliance of Small Island States said countries could not keep ignoring "the elephant in the room" and warned that anything short of winding down fossil fuels was "papering over the cracks".
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
They’re just papering over the crushing weight of impending responsibility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
At the moment, the setup is lacking sharpness and Duran’s late goals have been papering over cracks.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2024
Where the press fell short, Howard and the Buick management filled in by papering the city with full-page ads and brochures trumpeting every win.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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