pour
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Investment in the industry has surged, with US tech giants including Google, Amazon and Meta pledging to pour more than $650bn into AI projects this year.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
They say it’s always sunny in Los Angeles, but inside the Hollywood Pantages Theatre, you can count on it to pour eight shows a week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The discrepancy did not affect the final result, but it did pour fuel on the fire of the conspiracy theories.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
All the more reason to pour cold water on outrageous claims about flagging little enzymes in huge databases.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
I kept playing, doing my best to let it pour out of me, though there were plenty of wonky and lagging notes.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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The petition was started by TVP federation chair Aileen O'Connor who said the decision to consider the killers for early release "pours salt into wounds that have never healed".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
While the company pours money into its cash-burning AI efforts, its mature space operations have scored big wins of late.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Without those friendships, he pours himself into his crime-fighting work to stave off his loneliness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
‘Hysteria’ grips San Francisco’s housing market as AI wealth pours in.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
Then he pours it out in two mugs and serves us each a piece of the blackberry pie Gloria brought after the funeral.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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They have also poured money into property development, building homes and commercial spaces on council-owned land leased under favourable terms.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Money has been poured into startups focused on daily monitoring, early detection, diagnostics, and intervention.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
“I certainly remember that after a couple hours of recording, I would just absolutely crash. It’s amazing to me today how much energy I poured into that microphone.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Property developer Stephen Ross has also poured billions of dollars into office towers, condominiums, retail centers and schools in West Palm Beach, Fla., about 70 miles north of Miami.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
He threw open his door, and brown smoke poured inside.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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Unverified images published on social media showed columns of thick, black smoke pouring from the roof of the building, which the company said was in the central Ryazan region, located southeast of Moscow.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Hyperion failed in 2021 after human error and equipment failure flooded the plant, eventually pouring 17 million gallons of sewage into the ocean.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Ukrainian 5 Kanal TV reporter Mariana Mykytenko described how one of the passengers on her metro train shouted the word "Shahed", referring to Russia's Iranian-designed drones, before the blast sent dust pouring into their carriage.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Investors are pouring money into prediction markets, including Kalshi and Polymarket, despite regulatory uncertainty in the sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Meanwhile, French reinforcements were pouring into the battle zone.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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