tortoise
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So perhaps IBM is the tortoise in this race.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Environmental groups said the plan threatens local wildlife, since six pumps would need to be built in desert tortoise habitats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
That motto, and the company’s approach, has led some to call Blue Origin the tortoise to SpaceX’s hare.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
Forbes calls that “the tortoise and hare approach.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
The tortoise, with his incredible strength, would hold back the water while the dragon dredged the land.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
What happens to the endangered desert tortoises is awful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
A single atoll in the Seychelles serves as home to hundreds of thousands of tortoises, while millions of flamingoes flock annually to Lake Natron in Tanzania.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The Galápagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador are famous for animals found nowhere else on Earth, including giant tortoises and marine iguanas.
From Science Daily ● May 25, 2026
More than 150 giant tortoises have been reintroduced to Floreana Island in Ecuador's famed Galapagos archipelago where they disappeared more than a century ago.
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
Underneath the paperweight lion was a picture of the two tortoises and next to the typewriter was a pile of densely written paper and an apple with one bite taken out of it.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
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