plates

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The Gofar fault is a deep underwater fracture where the Pacific and Nazca tectonic plates slide past one another at roughly 140 millimeters per year, about as fast as fingernails grow.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

"In the summer we used to take the table outside for lunch, but it got to a point where we couldn't eat because we had flies in our mouths and on our plates."

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Getting the DMV’s OK requires a pre-order minimum of 7,500 license plates.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Two of the people in a continuing civil rights lawsuit accuse DHS of unlawfully using their license plates and biometric data to track and intimidate them for exercising their First Amendment rights.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

He had artfully arranged the plates to resemble Mama Woof, with fried eggs for her yellow wolf eyes, crisp bacon strips for whiskers, and two halves of buttered brown toast for her alert, upright ears.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood