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Peter said that although this was "very difficult" for the family, it was "no doubt powerful evidence" for the jury to hear his daughter's voice.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
This union is one of the most powerful in the hospitality industry, and represents more than 32,000 workers in California and Arizona.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Anthropic also said it had identified large-scale attempts to extract its technology to train competing AI models in authoritarian countries, and these type of queries will also fall back to the less powerful model.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
That may be the most powerful measure of a reform’s success.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
Nim loved the ocean because it was always there, wherever she looked and as far as she could see, but it was too huge and powerful to understand and too dangerous to trust.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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