state
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Viral infections that have long since cleared from an active state can sometimes reemerge when the body is under stress.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
The economics might not matter as much in China, given that all of its leading AI developers have state support and AI is seen there as a strategic priority.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Experts say the abrupt about-face on California’s once-heralded nuclear exit reflects a broader trend as the state grapples with an electricity future almost no one saw coming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Iranian state media detailed the attack earlier in the war, saying the jets flew at extremely low altitude to avoid defenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Even though the drumbeats of war were pounding from state to state.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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The federal plan also calls for potential reductions in releases from Powell and voluntary conservation measures by upper basin states.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Reduced river flows have made it harder to meet the needs of states downstream of Powell, leading to more frequent deficits over the last 25 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The administration had hoped to persuade states to check their voters’ citizenship status using a system called the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, but many didn’t.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
It also carries out regular testing and it states these have not identified any cause for concern.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Most of the southern states, Virginia among them, had paid off the bulk of their wartime debts.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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The drone, the FP-1, would become Fire Point’s flagship product with a stated range of 2,100 miles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
He said he became suspicious when the SPV operator only accepted wire transfers, and after one operator was willing to take his money even past its stated deadline to participate in the offer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Throughout the investigation, detectives have continued to pursue newly developed leads,” Oceanside police stated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
"After years of enduring severe pains from a broken back" and dealing with the healthcare insurance industry, Mangione stated that he had learned UnitedHealthcare would hold an annual conference in Manhattan in December 2024.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
“I was convinced,” he stated, “that the seabed contained memories of maritime civilizations that had never been recorded. What historians had missed, the sea remembered.”
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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Another reader, who recently read a prospectus stating that any disputes must be settled under Bermuda law, asks:
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Still, the couple sought another appeal, but a separate Ventura County Superior Court judge denied their request, stating they could not file a second appeal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The new rules formalise that process, stating that "where deemed necessary" the EBU, which organises Eurovision, "may commission an independent security assessment of the winner's region".
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The finder must also provide an affidavit stating when and where the property was found and describing it in detail.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Wilkerson begins the paragraph by stating that the actions of her protagonists are universal, but she does not rest with that generalization.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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