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One reason for caution around Cerebras has been that the majority of its backlog of $24.6 billion, as it stood at the end of 2025, was a single cloud deal with OpenAI.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

The marker’s letters are carved into stairs of the Lincoln Memorial where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood and delivered his “I Have A Dream” speech in 1963.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

One, Giovanna, who stood in a crowd waiting to watch Sánchez speak following the results, said Fujimori's family had "done a lot of damage to our country", referencing Alberto Fujimori's forced sterilisation programme.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

In March, the unemployment rate stood at 4.3%, close to both the Federal Reserve’s estimate of long-run normal unemployment and Congressional Budget Office projections for the coming decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

At last he stood up, lifted his traveling case from the rack over our heads, and set it on the floor.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom