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Too many overlapping yarns in a movie make for a convoluted final product, a big clump of colorful material that’s too dense to pry apart to see the substance lurking below.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

They said they had filed a request with the Oslo district court for a provisional injunction against the entry into force of the terms of use, pending a ruling on the substance of the case.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Jones said many areas of social policy, including "responsibility for tackling substance use, housing, education and local government" were devolved to the Welsh government.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Similarly, decades of research into addiction concludes that it is a disease involving compulsive seeking and taking of a substance or participation in an activity.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

He said that everything depended on reaching the coast, yet waking in the night he knew that all of this was empty and no substance to it.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

A person familiar with policymakers’ thinking said millions more patients using the substances could make banning them much more difficult in later rule making.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

These aging cells release inflammatory substances that can contribute to diseases associated with growing older.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

Odin’s on-demand manufacturing eliminates much of the risk that comes with storing bulk quantities of flammable substances, executives said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

They hope to determine how the unusual chemical trait developed and whether closely related mushrooms might produce comparable substances.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

Since the Research Corporation already held his patent on the cyclotron, which was the only practical apparatus for manufacturing radioactive substances, “therefore it is not necessary to have a patent on the substances themselves.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik