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El Niño is a climate pattern characterized by warmer ocean waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, coupled with changing atmospheric conditions, in which the typical east-to-west trade winds weaken or even reverse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

The UK is now seeing the kind of hotter, drier summers climate scientists have long projected, part of a global pattern of heat.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

The naturally-occurring El Nino climate pattern, which began in June and is expected to peak later this year, has already amplified unprecedented temperatures across Central America and northern South America.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

Al-Louh has become well-versed in the pattern preceding the Yellow Line’s advance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

She opened the box and pulled out a slender gray velvet dress with thin shoulder straps and a curlicue pattern of beading down one side.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

She told BBC Radio 4's Today programme "the patterns were there, he was flying those red flags", and said there were "precursor offences" for which he could have stopped by police.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Roberts put his academic background to work, steeping himself in traffic patterns and how search engines and users prioritized different types of content.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

With a major career milestone within her reach and increased appearances in front of the camera, the sudden pressures on Maddie trigger long-hidden patterns of disordered eating: bingeing and purging, secrets and lies.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

Simons said public services "have to get better at recognising patterns of offending" before attackers become "emboldened".

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

The net looks like art—a creation with several unique patterns and sequences that are somehow weirdly uniform.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

In the urban-focused section, the handles of purses or luggage are adhered to sections of the work patterned like brick and embedded with small windows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Chunky platform sandals, fitted baby tees, butterfly clips on perfectly crimped hair, brightly patterned skirts and tons of sparkles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Movie theaters with patterned carpeting have been deemed liminal, as have fast-food restaurants, parking garages and malls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

Dionne notes that the patterned structures are incredibly small, roughly comparable in size to visible light wavelengths and impossible to see with the naked eye.

From Science Daily ● May 30, 2026

The floor is linoleum, shiny clean, patterned in squares of tan, yellow, and beige.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

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

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

"Similar to how cephalopods coordinate body shape and skin patterning, the synthetic smart skin can simultaneously control what it looks like and how it deforms, all within a single, soft material," Sun said.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 6, 2026

The shrewd design’s geometric patterning reverberates against the trailblazing Bauhaus tapestries of Anni Albers, as much as those of Gutiérrez’s Oaxacan ancestors, for a work that travels through time and space.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2024

They are now working to improve component accuracy by optimizing the light patterning method and by incorporating material parameters into the printing process.

From Science Daily ● May 9, 2024

This praise went to Johnny’s head, but patterning his manners on Rab’s he tried not to show it.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes