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They hope the findings will encourage researchers and policymakers to examine aquatic oxygen loss alongside climate change, pollution, biodiversity decline and other pressures on the planet rather than treating it as a separate problem.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
In more recent cases, State Department intelligence analyst Walter Kendall Myers and former US ambassador to Bolivia Victor Manuel Rocha pled guilty in separate cases to spying for the communist country.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
In a separate disclosure Sunday, China Chengtong Holdings said its subsidiaries purchased nearly 10 billion yuan, or $1.48 billion, of Chinese equity assets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Adey said she thinks it would be possible to eliminate having good drivers pay for tracking discounts by setting up separate “risk pools” that don’t mix the two populations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
He managed to separate the title page from page 1, and began reading, pacing from side to side on the printed lines.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
While discarded elements are through lines in Flod’s sculptural work, it’s the community impact that separates Pinky from the rest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
This approach allowed the team to obtain the companion's spectrum, which separates light into its component colors.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026
That distinction is what separates these trips from ordinary vacations.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
"His all-round game is, for me, what separates him from all the others."
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Judgment matters: it is what separates winners from losers.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
When qubits become entangled, their properties remain connected, even when the qubits are separated by large distances.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
"The only time we'll be separated is in an actual job now," said Ainsley.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Although not quite a situation of being separated at birth, this Asa still poses a similar challenge for Yuru.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
The closure, which lasted 13 years, cut off the daily movement of workers from Spain into Gibraltar and separated families.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
“They separated them. It’s a miscarriage of justice. And of love.”
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
They showed fewer signs of separating or becoming unusually thick.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
“The goal of separating the publication of the report from our earnings results is to keep the focus on our primary financial metrics — revenue and operating profit,” Netflix said in its letter to shareholders.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
"It was about separating the emotion from the job at hand. We are all professionals," he added.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Even so, when Paul told me that he and his partner were separating, my jaw hit the ground, taking a stray piece of grilled chicken with it.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
They started separating themselves out, some still whimpering and wiping tears away.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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