wires

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The intervening years had brought major advances: better copper wires, improved insulation and increased buoyancy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

They added that the coils are rigid and don’t sag over time like single-strand wires, “which helps reduce the risk of accidental wildlife entanglement.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

MS is a disease of the brain and central nervous system, in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the fatty myelin sheath that normally protects the nerves, like insulation around electric wires.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

The cameras were attached to trip wires so that when the horse passed each one, it would take a perfectly timed photograph.

From Slate • May 25, 2026

Ahead of them, he could see towering cabinets full of interconnected wires and cables and silicon chips—what he thought of generically as computer stuff.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix