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US energy firms on Wednesday signed a raft of multibillion-dollar deals with Venezuela, days after the South American country agreed to grant the United States control of a huge chunk of its vast oil reserves.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Many of last season's big-money signings - with a good chunk of them coming from the Bundesliga - failed to meet expectations or justify their transfer fee.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
But this was still an outsize chunk of its $660 million annual budget, and most wasn’t covered by insurance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The deadly flash flood in Nepal on Wednesday likely was caused by a huge chunk of a glacier that broke off and temporarily dammed a river, according to preliminary investigations by scientists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Following each other’s voices, they gathered at a floating chunk of what had been the bow of their small patrol-torpedo boat, PT-109.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Instead, I’ve been looking at plane tickets, researching heart failure and ordering groceries that, at first, didn’t make much sense together: zucchini, canned pumpkin, chocolate chunks, sticks of cold salted butter.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
First discovered in the northern hemisphere more than 20 years ago, these quakes occur when huge chunks of ice fall from glaciers into the sea.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Their crews are at risk if the ships are damaged, and the vessels could capsize if they are in the vicinity of giant ice chunks breaking off glaciers, a process called calving.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Some will be gradual, but expect some to arrive in big chunks amid press releases touting “synergies” and “world class assets.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
But no sooner had they warmed themselves with the milk then the wind shifted and brought dangerous chunks of ice crowding and bumping up against their floe.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
