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remote

[ri-moht] / rɪˈmoʊt /






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To many people on this remote stretch of Maine coastline, .

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

There, scientists say, a marine heatwave in 2024 wiped out an estimated 99.9 percent of the coral that built theP remote Tuvalu islands.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

An Asian betting syndicate had pulled the plug, using a remote control circuit breaker, to get each match abandoned at a scoreline which would maximise their profits.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Since then, Iraqi forces have fought Islamic State remnants engaged in a low-level insurgency around the country’s remote areas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

The prospects for success were remote at best.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

At this point, the most responsible thing Attorney General Pam Bondi could do is confiscate the department’s television remotes and log everyone out of their social media accounts.

From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2026

On this particular day, Carrick engaged in a chat about the old TV remotes.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026

I also had wide and mid-range angled cameras, both mounted on a tripod to be trigged by remotes.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 14, 2024

Like his night stand, which is buried under books, charging cables and remotes to TVs she is fairly certain they no longer own.

From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2024

Since then, however, the adaptation has been passed down: we’ve all inherited it to some degree, so that we plug right into joysticks and remotes, to repetitive motions of a hundred kinds.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

“It makes me think that it’s certainly biologically possible to have grizzly bears in those remoter corners of California,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025

Army units deployed Monday along a paved road leading from Amizmiz to remoter mountain villages.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 11, 2023

This has left digital asset companies with little choice but to seek out smaller financial institutions, some in remoter corners of global finance.

From Reuters ● Apr. 19, 2023

If the lame-duck Congress approves reforms to the laws concerning how electoral votes get validated and counted, it will become remoter still.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2022

“Oh, noP cried the crazy colonel in an agony out of his remoter darkness. “Oh no, your ladyship.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

A Dutch student team Tuesday unveiled what they believe to be the world's first solar-powered ambulance, which they hope can bring much-needed medical care to the remotest parts of the globe.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

She was drawn there by a desire for change and the attractive salaries Alaska offers attorneys who staff its remotest locations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Arjuna then promised not to put forth similar proposals and said its pledge “forecloses even the remotest chance of another proposal” related to Exxon’s carbon emissions.

From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2024

"The DIY model of our solar dryer makes it portable and affordable, it can reach even the remotest village, and can be afforded by every small and marginal farmer," he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2023

“But I shall never again consider myself even the remotest judge of human nature. You may quote me wildly on that.”

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger




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