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The FBI will investigate if the alleged scam involves U.S. citizens and U.S. wire services.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Williamson, who worked for Newsom until 2024, pleaded guilty in May to three counts, including committing bank and wire fraud.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
After the meeting he got his father to wire the Japanese company $50 to seal the deal, he recounted in his autobiography.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Jefferis' team and collaborators painstakingly analysed every nerve cell, every wire and every connection in a male fruit fly.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
A bit of bent wire seemed to be caught in the fur between her ears.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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Tiny electrical wires built into the chip then generated carefully controlled magnetic fields.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
Stone said during the Carrington Event, "even telegraph wires were heard to hum and crackle, and they were able to run the telegraph poles without any electricity because the input was so high".
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
“There are PVC pipes, wires and a railway tie underneath the water and occasionally some metal.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Nick previously covered corporate disclosure news for Dow Jones Newswires as a wires editor and reporter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Cooper reminded Shepard that his body was covered with sensors and electrical wires; he’d short-circuit the system.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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"We know olfaction is powerfully wired into the brain's appetite and emotion networks, but surprisingly, no study has systematically looked at the three-way interaction between smell, appetite, and actual resistance exercise capacity," said Nashrudin Naharudin.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
Sulloway’s research on birth order and risk-taking reveals that later-borns are more psychologically wired to take strategic risks to carve out their own niche and stand out in the family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
A July trip to Target to get everything on her list — among the items, two packs of wired headphones, Band-Aids, eight folders and four composition notebooks — cost about $230.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Rupireddy wired over money before the end of the year, including $17,250 to take part in a fund that held shares in SpaceX, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Reporters from far-flung cities wired the same observation back to their editors, and stories of delight and awe began to percolate through the most remote towns.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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Understanding that distinction could help researchers separate normal changes in neural wiring from signs that the system is breaking down.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
An early store cost $950 to open: $740 for a secondhand ice-cream machine, $120 for rent and $90 for electrical wiring and decor, Zhang Hongfu wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
When old wiring recently caused an electrical fire in the alley outside the hospital, a blackout cut power to X-ray, ultrasound and ventilator equipment, she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
But the research could help scientists better understand human behaviour and conditions in which genetic differences affect brain wiring, such as autism and schizophrenia.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
He held on with his legs, trying to ignore the pain and sticky blood on his hands as he redid the serpent’s wiring.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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