surface
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As El Nino gathers strength, global average sea surface temperatures hit a record 21.05C for September, topping the previous high of 20.92C for the same month in 2023, according to Copernicus.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
On the surface, it seems like harmless video game humor, and I’m sure we’ve all had encounters with actual humans that resembled interacting with tautological machines programmed with limited responses.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
On August 28, 2026, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station photographed the Saririaky anorthosite massif, a large body of rock exposed at Earth's surface.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
During the 14-day mission the Apollo 17 astronauts, led by mission commander Eugene Cernan, performed three space walks on the lunar surface.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
The surface seemed to glitch at first, like a channel that was scrambled.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
Dr Lindsay said a stone mason who visited the dig suggested the slabs' smooth surfaces were the result of people walking on them over many years.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
The descriptor “brilliant” surfaces repeatedly, the verdict of his collaborators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Its kitchen featured molded surfaces and electric appliances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
The upper and lower surfaces of the same epithelial cell can behave differently from one another.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026
Pillars of stone reached for the sun, their surfaces smoothed by wind and age.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
U.S. stocks ended mixed after oil futures jumped, volatility continued in bond markets and doubts surfaced about artificial-intelligence profits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Two major issues have already surfaced among Muse’s early users.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
That idea — that a chef’s point of view comes from the entirety of a life, rather than one neatly defined culinary tradition — surfaced again during a panel about travel and where chefs eat.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
Yet diesel’s rise hasn’t fully surfaced in grocery-store aisles — so far at least.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
A killer whale surfaced next to the boat, and Percy struck up a mental conversation with him.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
Children can, at times, sense their parents’ trauma surfacing in seemingly unrelated interactions, when Mom loses her temper or Dad goes silent.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
Instead of surfacing web results, the new Siri can actually answer your question.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
The BBC asked four road surfacing experts how long a pothole repair should last.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
If the same concern keeps surfacing in different forms, the conversation hasn’t actually happened yet.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
And there was the anguish again, surfacing as he confirmed my fear.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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