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Because these stellar streams respond to gravity, they can act as tracers of dark matter that cannot be seen directly.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Winograd waited more than an hour for officers with the Berkeley Police Department to respond to her call for help.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The FBI did not respond to multiple requests for comment from the BBC.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Competitive markets require consumers who can judge quality and suppliers that can respond to demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Jack started to respond, but before he could, the wolf leapt forward, sending them all airborne.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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Unlike Alice, Bryan is the audience stand-in: the average guy who responds to a mind-boggling, impossible situation as clumsily as you or I might.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
"If you can get out before 11am-ish then there's a part of the brain, just behind the eyes, that responds to light," says Jo Baker, a psychotherapist and student sleep and mental health expert.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Mindful of the need to keep the public informed without causing unnecessary alarm, YVO responds cautiously.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
When money growth is above 4%, the investment research firm found, bitcoin responds positively.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
These days he only gets in touch when he feels like it, and only responds when he has to.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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In his speech, Pezeshkian responded directly to the U.S. president.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
His book is filled with detailed accounts of patients who responded in different ways to their diagnosis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Critics and audiences responded in turn, taking an immediate shine to Bryan’s doofiness and contrasting it with Alice’s purposeful, goal-oriented approach to a zombie apocalypse.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
The BBC later asked Witkoff how the meeting had gone as he was leaving the UN building and he responded with a thumbs up.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Rader and Bobby exchanged a flicker of a glance, and the lawyer responded: “That is a possibility.”
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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At around 1:30 in the morning, about four hours after the responding officer left, her building security found the man sleeping inside the apartment complex, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Snarky fisking — responding to an article line-by-line — gave way to the quiz boom, which was consumed by the personal essay before the long decade of short-form video.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Traders are responding to the Bank of Japan rate hike last week that turned out less hawkish than expected, while expectations for further U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
His group’s latest survey found 95% of responding U.S. companies considered China at least somewhat important to their global competitiveness.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
There is no point in responding or trying to be reasonable.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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