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Network Rail said the new system "eradicates the failure mechanisms of the past by providing complete separation of bimetallic elements and using a copper contact wire which improves current collection" from overhead wires by trains.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Or you get an email from someone claiming to be your grandson, saying they’ve been in a car accident in Mexico and they’ve been arrested, and can you please wire money for a bond.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

The gravitational attraction between them caused the suspended beam to rotate slightly, twisting the wire.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

A former chief of staff to Gov. Newsom, she faces a 23-count federal indictment with charges that include bank fraud, wire fraud, filing false tax returns and making false statements.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

He’d hang a copper wire out the window facing the courthouse, connect the homemade antenna to his shortwave radio, and exchange coded messages with Moscow.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin