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Way back in 1922, the interstate treaty governing its use allocated more water every year than the river can give.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Russia’s and Ukraine’s long-range air campaigns both use drones and missiles, but their strategies are different.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
That bodes well for use of transit, rather than cars, when the Games arrive in July of 2028, Vides said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
It centred around Meta's historic gathering and use of data belonging to children under the age of 13 over a period of several years.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Tonight, all she wanted was to curl up in her shared room in the house in Inkster-Faraday and not use language at all.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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Warsh has stressed his institution's "resolute commitment" to bringing inflation back to target, but has also hinted at changing the measures that the Fed uses to gauge prices.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Ben also uses human waste, known as sludge and taken from sewage works, to enrich the soil.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
PA refers to product area, a term Google uses for divisions such as Google Search.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
“Like the Greeks, Ibsen uses the family as an image of society,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The worst was his I-don’t-care tone, the one he uses when he wants me to know that I’m not worth his time.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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The number of eSports events has risen for this year's Asian Games, with 13 different games being used in competition.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Open-source AI refers to models that can be freely used and modified.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Households which use energy during daylight hours will benefit most as the electricity must be used as it is generated.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Interrogate an author on how precisely he used ChatGPT?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Now Dr. Damasio turns to a computer program called Brainvox that is used to reassemble brain scan "slices" into a three-dimensional model.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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For example, if a parent account is created using the same device or email address the teen uses, that is a red flag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
A Congress leader in Kerala state recently sparked outrage, external with remarks about using women to make false complaints against political opponents.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The settlement doesn’t directly apply to YouTube, TikTok, or any other platform, but it does give litigants a blueprint for how to pressure those platforms using a similar playbook.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
“California will continue to lead the way in defending democracy — using every tool at our disposal and every minute in our day. This perilous moment in history demands no less from us.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
She could transcribe spirit messages using either hand.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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