surface
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“We’ve been able to cover all the surface area that we used to,” says Haneen Azhar, a senior growth marketing manager at Lindy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Yet it also masks weakness under of the surface of the stock market, where the toll of tariffs, inflation, surging energy prices and higher borrowing costs has begun to bite.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
The question is whether there will be much substance beneath the surface pomp and bonhomie.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
The first is a compact, tightly organized circulation close to the ocean surface.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
When he got the shoe untied, he swam back to the surface and dog-paddled while he used his other foot to pry the shoe off.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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This too is vaulted, the surfaces above gliding without interruption to the floor; the sense of spatial freedom is contagious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Alphabet is uniquely positioned across the entire AI tech stack, spanning from its custom chips to distribution surfaces like YouTube and Android.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
For honeybees, this is around 49°C – which might sound high, yet ground surfaces exceeded 50°C in the UK heatwaves this summer.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
The room itself is lovely, with Midcentury Modern touches including curved cherry-wood walls, illuminated white onyx Corian surfaces and low lighting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The bookshelves, window sills, radiators, and all other flat surfaces are piled high with anthologies of plays, copies of scripts, and videotapes and sound tracks of Broadway productions.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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The passage tapped into the El Paso sewer system, where, according to U.S. authorities, migrants surfaced from a manhole.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The row centres on allegations which surfaced during undercover filming by Verbatim Investigations - founded by journalists from the Centre for Climate Reporting - and broadcast by Channel 4 News on Thursday.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The Briton, famed for his flamboyant personality and daring designs, was also fired from his job as creative director of Dior after the incident surfaced.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Dots surfaced in her childhood hallucinations, she said, and they played a dominant role in her work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
A steady supply of food and drink surfaced from the kitchen, where Frankie’s parents and a few others were helping out.
From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick
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Following the video surfacing, Galliano apologized, went to rehab, and, over the last few years, experienced a brand resurgence that some would call a whitewashing.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
Chunks of Trump’s beloved “American flag blue” paint job are surfacing.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2026
By making the president an omnipresent figure, White House advisers are surfacing both vigor and flubs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
The BBC asked four road surfacing experts how long a pothole repair should last.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Håkon was still on the stairs, peering up like a surfacing vodyanoi.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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