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An ancient woodland, the size of a football pitch, was turned back into coppice management, to allow more light to reach the woodland floor and encourage flowers, insects and birds to thrive.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
More recently, the tone has turned markedly cautious.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
His mercenaries entered the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, a strategic hub in the war, threatening to march on Moscow in what turned out to be a short-lived insurrection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
To understand what might be causing these changes, the researchers turned their attention to oligodendrocytes, specialized brain cells responsible for producing and maintaining myelin.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
She turned me around to face a chart on the wall, her hand cold on my bare shoulder.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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