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But as these megadeals scale up, developers are increasingly running into fierce local opposition, driven by residents’ anxieties over rising utility bills, noise and advanced AI services in general.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Several residents in the area described being stunned by the scale of the blaze.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Quantum mechanics is the branch of physics that explains how matter and energy behave at the atomic and sub atomic scale.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
Vaccine researcher Alex Sampson told the BBC: "As soon as we heard there was an outbreak, we were able to scale up really, really quickly."
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
At some point or other, every single person will have to scale the rough side of life’s mountain.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
It also highlights that "immigration reforms could be scaled back" with up to 1.6 million migrants getting indefinite leave to remain after five years instead of ten.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The researchers also wanted to learn how much further the chip could be scaled.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
Many U.S. companies have scaled back explicit efforts to advance women leaders, though the share of women at senior levels continues to inch up at JPMorgan and other big employers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Thousands more had scaled the steep cascading steps across the street, where they strained to watch for free.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Beto dropped his stones, scaled the bank, and headed up the path.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
On July 1, extreme climbers Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus announced their engagement by scaling the Empire State Building and unfurling a banner from its famous antenna that proclaimed the healing power of love.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
"The claims that somehow by just scaling up LLMs, we're going to reach super human intelligence, that is simply not going to happen."
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
French ride-sharing and travel site BlaBlaCar said Tuesday that it would push into 20 new countries -- double the current number -- thanks to the scaling opportunities provided by AI.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
The Morgans, like many U.S. households in the K-shaped economy, are scaling back plans during a summer of high prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
In scaling up a community health project such as Socios en Salud into a national one, Jim and Paul faced many challenges.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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