tank
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The move comes as the U.S. and other Western governments race to secure the raw materials that are used in tank armor, weapons and engine components, but are largely controlled by China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
However, Streeting's spokesperson told the paper that the list of donors to the think tank that his team reviewed did not include Bankman-Fried.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The Philippines this year became China's number two buyer of solar panels, according to a report from global energy think tank Ember.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Mozeliak had said the Angels should not need a total rebuild because the resources available to a major-market team should mitigate the need to tank and just play kids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Tony told Carmen something else that shocked her, what the molasses company was saying about why the tank broke apart.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
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As Mr. Ogilvy writes, “now the abalone live in hatcheries, the sardines in tanks, the tuna in the fish holds of charter boats and gourmet custom cans.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
There, rows of whirring white tanks filled with seawater host creatures like coral, giant clams and clownfish in what are meticulously controlled to resemble natural marine environments.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
These sacs act much like the ballast tanks of a submarine.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026
And even as algae consumes that phosphorus, it is being topped up in the water by agriculture, wastewater, un-maintained septic tanks, industry and every household in the catchment that puts phosphorus-containing detergent into the system.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
German tanks had crossed the border into Poland; the Luftwaffe, the German air force, had attacked a Polish border town, and the invasion of Poland by the Germans had begun.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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“On Running has been having year-over-year growth that is unseen, and they still get tanked when earnings come through.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
After Warsh’s second press conference as Fed chief Wednesday, stocks tanked and bonds also reacted badly.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Tokyo's Nikkei tanked four percent as Kioxia shed more than 18 percent, while Advantest and Tokyo Electron dived 10 percent and 11 percent respectively.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Tech shares in Asia tanked earlier this week following a similar sell-off in the US on Friday amid growing concerns about stretched valuations.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
We’d taken the test the Monday after Marcus’s party, and I knew I’d tanked it when I turned it in.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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This week: Situational Awareness—an A.I.-forward hedge fund led by a former wunderkind and OpenAI employee—was tanking fast until a rival fund stepped in.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026
Suu Kyi travelled to The Hague to rebut charges of genocide against them at the UN's top court in 2019 -- tanking her reputation on the international circuit.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
And it was ripe with free-throw-abetting fouls by the Washington Wizards, an actively tanking team that got itself blown out, 150-129.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
Because of this remark, oil prices, which had been soaring, plummeted—and the stock market, which had been tanking, recovered much of the day’s losses.
From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2026
The stocks of Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs were tanking, and it was clear that nothing short of the U.S. government could save them.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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