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A recent discovery uncovered the remains of a Roman-era olive press, while work was ongoing in central Beirut in search of "the remaining part" of a Roman hippodrome, Salloum said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
In search of new sources of sales, pharmaceutical companies opened their wallets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Seth Guikema, a climate resiliency researcher at the University of Michigan and one of the 48 US researchers relocating to Canada, said he decided to approach Canadian institutions last year in search of opportunities.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Roman's coronagraph will instead help astronomers search for planets by blocking the glare from their stars.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
I tried to gently shake her off, but she only fluttered her wings and continued her search.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
A young woman who lost her job searches for her own new path along Spain’s Camino de Santiago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Job searches can be lengthy and grueling for people who are out of work and looking.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Although the current analysis centers on just one galaxy, the finding could lead to searches for similar stellar streams around many different types of galaxies.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
The report says San Diego police officers last year conducted more than 244,000 investigative searches of the data and that it played a “key role in advancing 361 cases.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
She searches my face for a long time.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
Anxious relatives crowded the corridors of a Kathmandu hospital Thursday as they searched for missing family after devastating floods on the Nepal-Tibet border killed at least 165 people.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
As crisis intervention deputies combed through the juvenile’s online activity and searched his residence, they found he had an online connection with an Illinois juvenile with similarly “concerning interests,” the Sheriff’s Office said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Once the model had decoded that signature, the team searched human genes for the sequence and found that roughly 60% contain the initiator.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
The vessel was searched and 329 people were removed on foot when it berthed at Ardrossan.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
With his sharp vision, he searched for any last traces of the poison tide.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
Standing in 100-degree plus heat, outreach worker Dawn Hollins talked on her cellphone searching for a place to take her in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Desperate family members rushed from that hospital to another nearby searching for news.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Together, those features make 1E 1547 especially well suited for searching for vacuum birefringence.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Sita BK was searching for her younger brother Ramchandra, a schoolteacher in Timure.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
While Leo is searching for sheets in the hall closet, I take another look at the room.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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