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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
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
Anorthosite is classified as an intrusive igneous rock, meaning it forms when molten material cools and solidifies beneath 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 earthquake caused the pier to shift and sink so that it lay just below the surface of the river.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
Even though red blood cells are vastly larger than atoms, the forces acting where their surfaces approach one another involve distances small enough for molecular and quantum effects to matter.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
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
Its kitchen featured molded surfaces and electric appliances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Shockwaves can form along wing surfaces and produce a sonic boom when crossing the sound barrier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
A question finally surfaces, but I’m not sure I want to ask it.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Two major issues have already surfaced among Muse’s early users.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Reports soon surfaced that Schmitt’s general counsel Ethan Harper, who stood behind him holding the infamous poster, saw his potential White House staff position being placed into immediate jeopardy.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
Back to the present, the AI trade still has plenty of momentum, but early signs of nervousness have surfaced.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Yet diesel’s rise hasn’t fully surfaced in grocery-store aisles — so far at least.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Normally at school he turned away when the distrust surfaced.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
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
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
Somewhere in the North Atlantic, the floats will keep diving, drifting and surfacing - measuring a circulation that is still moving, still mysterious, and still capable of surprise.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
On social media, people have complained about being filmed without their knowledge, with accounts surfacing of users disabling the white light that signals the glasses are recording.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The wine was steaming and bubbling, and it came to Tristran then—the information surfacing from some long-forgotten fairy tale or piece of children's lore—that a unicorn's horn was proof against...
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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