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"Maybe that discoidal shape is some sort of reference to the Sun, who knows?," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

The case, which concluded last week in a conviction for first-degree murder, has generated exactly the sort of fierce debate, outrage, celebration, and anguish that high-profile criminal trials often produce.

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2026

In one part of the conveyor system, a vibrating panel called an eddy current creates a sort of reverse magnet that repels nonferrous materials like aluminum beverage cans into their own collection area.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

It wasn’t until very recently that people were even thinking, “Well, where are these things from? What other artistic traditions does that mean that we’ve sort of borrowed from?”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026

This was the sort of magic Hadel had warned me about.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff