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George Russell's admission after qualifying that he has been struggling to maximise the Mercedes car all season felt like a seminal moment in the championship fight.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Shin’s long collaboration with Tobias Adrian produced the seminal paper “Liquidity and Leverage,” which mapped how mark-to-market balance sheets turn rising asset prices into procyclical leverage — and how the reverse produces violent feedback loops.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
March marked the 250th anniversary of Smith’s seminal text, “The Wealth of Nations,” published the same year as the Declaration of Independence.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
The seminal storyline saw the Green Goblin kill Stacy, Peter Parker’s then-girlfriend, after discovering the webslinger’s identity.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026
Alexis de Tocqueville is famous for his seminal book Democracy in America, but what is less well known is his original purpose in coming to the United States.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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