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Why, you might ask, would Tesla want to sunset that business after decades spent proving EVs are viable, capturing a gigantic chunk of market share in the process?
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
The northwestern state of Amazonas, home to a huge chunk of the world's largest rainforest, has recorded almost double the wildfires so far in October as in the whole of October last year.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Energy prices, for example, often affect lower-income consumers, because they spend a bigger chunk of their paycheck on gas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
It makes sense to give a chunk of money to your kids, put several other chunks aside for investments, retire in place and enjoy that passive income.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
A rat scuttled from the shadows, dragging a glistening chunk of meat or viscera.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
It makes sense to give a chunk of money to your kids, put several other chunks aside for investments, retire in place and enjoy that passive income.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
In Kelce’s heyday, his superpower was reeling in passes from Mahomes and then picking up huge chunks of yards with his legs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
It is too early to know how this plan will play out — the new bus lane curbs on Clark show missing chunks already from drivers that likely didn’t see them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Alcaraz, 23, is one of a number of players to have missed large chunks of the season with injury.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
At first they could see nothing, and then from the east-southeast came a thick flow of ice on a riptide current, like a wide river of tumbling, churning chunks and floes.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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