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"I checked it with a spectrometer and found that even though the butterflies didn't look violet to me, it reflected UV light," she said.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026
However, his progress with England has been checked by a string of injuries.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
OpenAI did not raise the alarm with the Australian government until September, when it sent a message to a generic email inbox that is only checked once each day.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
The fire department “found no reason for the alarm activation” and “the alarm system was checked and reset by Harvard Staff,” according to Cambridge Day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
And still we were not allowed to sit: there was a last wait while the matron with maddening deliberateness checked off our documents against a list.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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