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The Colorado River, a significant source of water for the Southland, is dwindling to record lows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Such cells could offer a more scalable and clinically relevant source while giving researchers greater control over the signals contained inside the EVs.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Russia's state news agency Tass said Witkoff and Kushner were "expected to arrive in Moscow and then to Kyiv... on 5-6 September", quoting a source.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The source music, meticulously researched by Hitchcock’s team, is equally memorable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
It was at this point that the message arrived from the KGB source in Washington, the intelligence from the bartender who’d overheard newspaper reporters saying they were leaving soon to cover the war.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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The tool includes a database of over 70 billion images, many of which were scraped from public internet sources including social media.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Insurers and brokers are working on new structures, including outside sources of capital, to fit the specialized insurance requirements for hyperscale data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
He’s more positive about robotic brains becoming better at fusing multiple sources of data and turning that into action toward the end of this decade.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
According to the researchers, that corresponds to roughly a 0.5% chance that the unusual event could be produced by known background sources.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
For young students, Wee Sing's "Fun 'n' Folk" and "Sing-Alongs" book-and-tape sets are good sources.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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The charcoal-grilled hanger steak, which Pettingell said is sourced from natural beef ranchers, is by far the biggest cost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
"Heavy" rare earths, which are more difficult to mine and more highly desirable, are largely sourced outside the United States.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Around 80% of Form’s battery content is sourced from the U.S., with the rest coming from Europe and Asia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Taylor Farms was already under scrutiny after it recently recalled its iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico because of the unusually large cyclosporiasis outbreak.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
As Elisha sourced a crew and supplies for his upcoming Arctic expedition, “examining recruits, inventing cooking stoves, pricing rounds of beef,” he was often on the road.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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They both call for increasing public green space throughout L.A. and sourcing 70% of the city’s water locally.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
But if that water is used for data centres, households are likely to pay the price for sourcing water from elsewhere, such as through desalination, which costs more than traditional water sources.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
To add a little something extra, Clarke suggests "sourcing characterful pieces".
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Daiwa Securities estimates that King Slide’s share of Nvidia-related rail-kit orders could fall to about 75% next year as the AI chip maker diversifies its sourcing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 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 Richard Sharpe Shaver
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