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In an effort to inject some perspective, Ling shares a paper he wrote in 1997 – nearly 30 years ago – about the appropriateness of mobile telephone calls in public spaces, including restaurants.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Total expenses jumped 19% to $396.9 million, driven in part by higher food and paper costs, as well as higher labor and other operating costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
It’s a strategy that often works better on paper than in reality.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
Another paper examined how the return of wolves to Wisconsin affected car crashes with deer.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
As I crawled out from under the covers, the man took a slip of paper from his pocket and consulted it.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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A few more of the papers touch on the early prison release scheme, which aims to tackle prison overcrowding.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Last year, Caltech started encouraging students who submitted research papers to complete a video interview to verify their contribution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
The local papers were too busy covering the hors d’oeuvres at Mark Zuckerberg’s celebratory luncheon.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
Their analysis of more than 350 papers identified several recurring biological mechanisms that could explain why protein restriction may improve health and promote longevity.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
There were several scraps of papers and a billfold containing a few paper rijksdaalders.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Yes, we've had things to cheer about - like a couple of trophies over the summer - but that papered over cracks.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
But as someone who was in the chamber for that speech, those affects papered over a frequent incomprehensibility.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026
Ekitike's quickfire double papered over the cracks of another concerning first half performance for Arne Slot.
From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026
For a long time, ChatGPT’s blistering growth had papered over these internal differences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
The latter possibility was papered over, naturally, by the boss’s vibrant optimism.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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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
“AI is papering over the cracks,” said Stefan Angrick, head of Japan and frontier markets economics at Moody’s Analytics in Tokyo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
They’re just papering over the crushing weight of impending responsibility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
ActionAid UK's co-chief Hannah Bond, said that without new funding, her appointment was "papering over the cracks" of a struggling aid sector.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2025
Will the trends that have reinforced class lines while papering over the distinctions persist?
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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