transient
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Inspired by the transient beauty of cherry blossoms, known in Japan as sakura — which is illustrated in their album cover, alongside a dark pegasus — much of the LP also hinges on melodrama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Decisionmakers—including the Supreme Court and even transient majorities—can get things wrong, until we set them right, or at least make them more perfect.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
Modern technology has mostly worked to mitigate information asymmetries, but financial markets now operate at speeds that make transient information asymmetries unavoidable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The system is also only the second known long-period radio transient found to produce regular X-rays.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 2, 2026
Apparently, Sergeant Holmes had penciled-in Mendez to J-and-N galleries, A-block’s version of R-and-W—a chaotic, transient floor that nobody else wanted.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Meanwhile, he said the abandoned lot next door remains unsecured and swamped with trash from transients who frequent the site.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
"Now our findings show the West Coast transients are two distinct groups, split along an east-west divide. They eat different things, hunt in different areas and very rarely spend time with each other."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2025
The area on the eastern side of downtown Los Angeles whose cheap residential hotels, bars, liquor stores and missions made it a magnet for transients becomes widely known as Skid Row.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025
His mother, known as Miss Lillian, had more liberal views — she was known for her charity work and for taking in transients and treating Black residents with kindness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2024
Time was unorganized except for the communal work, field labor, gardening, woodcutting, maintenance, for which transients such as myself were called on by whatever group most needed a hand.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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