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This can cause sudden partial or complete blindness in one or both eyes.
From Science Daily • May 23, 2026
“This scenario could continue to play out in the coming weeks until some framework of a deal is achieved that could, at least, provide for a partial reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
In 1959, there was a partial meltdown of the core in one of the lab’s nuclear reactors that is considered among the worst nuclear accidents in U.S. history.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Even a partial success would likely be fine in the eyes of the market, since Starship just got overhauled.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
But I suppose if you’re partial to swallowing horseflies whole, it’s a pretty good sign that smartness ain’t one of the things you been ’specially blessed with.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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