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As scientists link oral bacteria to heart disease and cognitive decline, a push is under way to treat the mouth as a source of bodywide inflammation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
“Unlike some of Nolan’s other films,” she wrote, “‘The Odyssey’ is not boring, thanks to the source material, which is impossible to mess up entirely.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Minghella’s film is an utterly beautiful and romantic story, a daunting feat considering how equally beautiful, though different, its source material is.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Additional observatories examined the source after the initial ZTF detection.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
They each possessed a far-flung network of overseas colonies, a source of immense wealth and national pride.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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Multiple people were also believed to be unaccounted for at a factory in Yatsushiro city where the tip of a chimney fell down, NHK reported, citing sources.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Other major sources include methane from livestock such as cattle, deforestation, industrial activity, and waste from sources including landfills.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
The project was funded by a combination of philanthropic and public sources, including support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, California State Coastal Conservancy and California Wildlife Conservation Board.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The federal government’s prospective disinvestment in the sciences has long been the status quo for the humanities, with corporate foundations and private philanthropy providing the main funding sources.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Beads of sweat fell off his forehead and sizzled into steam after touching the glowing sources of heat.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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At Rosewood’s three hotels located throughout New Zealand, the chefs honor this ethically sourced ethos, working with local purveyors and farmers to source indigenous ingredients like beach spinach, fern fronds and abalone.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
Taylor Farms, a major US food supplier, voluntarily recalled all of its iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico on 17 July.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The couple also sourced period Moorish floral and geometric tile patterns from books, now piled in their library.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
On Friday the company said it was voluntarily removing from the U.S. market all of its iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Our world requires that decisions be sourced and footnoted, and if we say how we feel, we must also be prepared to elaborate on why we feel that way.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Supply-chain bottlenecks forced companies to rethink their dependence on overseas suppliers in favor of more domestic sourcing and inventory stocking that required factories and warehouses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
It’s easy to imagine Netflix sourcing TV shows and films made from all over the world, with less reliance on California.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Valve told gamers on Monday that when it first began sourcing components for the Steam Machine in 2023, "we felt like we had a good understanding of how those costs might change over time".
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
During a production trip to Paris, she started sourcing pieces and collecting references that would eventually make their way into this season years later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
Her people, of several shapes and sizes, sourcing from an amalgam of many human races of divergent strains from several near-forgotten planets, all sighed together, like a little wind of sadness.
From The Dark Goddess by Shaver, Richard Sharpe
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