surface
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Deep Fission plans to generate electricity on the surface in 2027 or 2028 as part of a Department of Energy pilot program.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The vast majority are mild, although the damage they cause varies according to their location and the depth below the Earth's surface at which they strike.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Marks across its surface show that early humans deliberately shaped it for use as a tool.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
Barrier paper can be a difficult surface to bond, and using heat isn't suitable for heat sensitive food products like ice cream or chocolate.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The water swirled as a larger fish broke the surface, chasing the school of fish ahead of it.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
Algal spores may have turned the water green in places across Northern Ireland, but strong winds and heavy rain have kept surfaces too agitated for the formation of the very large-scale mats we've seen before.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Courts can be constructed on hard and soft surfaces, from clay to grass, with dimensions measuring are 27-feet wide—or 36 feet for doubles—and 78-feet long.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The memories Sonny eventually surfaces are more potent than anything she makes up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
According to the researchers, these reorganized surfaces reduce oxygen reactions by a factor of a billion to a trillion.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
When you picked up objects, opened doors, or operated vehicles, the haptic gloves made you feel these nonexistent objects and surfaces as if they were really right there in front of you.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
As part of a Gen Z contingent whose appreciation for birding has surfaced on social media, Megan also shares her sightings on TikTok and Instagram, external.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
During the whale watching sail from the Aquarium of the Pacific, a shark briefly surfaced, its fin visible.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
The excerpts come from Cooper’s March 19, 2025, deposition, which surfaced last month in a court filing by attorneys representing Drakeo’s family in a civil lawsuit against festival organizers and security contractors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
One of the outbreaks, which health authorities linked to shredded lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms, surfaced the important role played by a sprawling supply chain of farms, processors and distributors in the U.S. and Mexico.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
But he didn’t put his hand out yet, because as he watched, a whale five times as long as the dory surfaced, and rode quietly alongside him in the smooth swells.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
Chunks of Trump’s beloved “American flag blue” paint job are surfacing.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 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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