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He has felt the squeeze personally too, citing high diesel, fertiliser, lumber and steel costs - everything from barbed wire to fence posts.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
“It won’t show up anywhere if you wire money to American Express,” she wrote on Signal, according to messages reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Iza, a former resident of Beverly Hills and Newport Beach, pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy against rights, wire fraud and tax evasion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
Halloween here is a wonderland, and Descanso continues to lean heavily into the fantastical, this year adding glowing wire sculptures from Helsinki-based artist Alexander Reichstein.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
And I hated living behind barbed wire, unable to go where I wanted, do what I wanted.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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Work was ongoing to fix a fault with the 25,000-volt wires which power trains near Penkridge, causing disruption between Stafford and Wolverhampton.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
You don’t have to think about it; your subconscious will reconnect those severed wires immediately.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
Western Electric’s clear-cased Model 302 telephone enticed gawkers with an impressively complex system of wires and mechanisms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
And that was before the surf zone became riddled with rocks, logs, rods, pipes and wires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
I untangled the wires in my headlamp, put them together so the lamp worked, cut up the sled covering, and made a rough flag.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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If asked, I probably would have told you I was feeling a little tired, wired, or off-kilter, so none of those readings were all that revelatory.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
The whole building is wired for video and audio, meaning artists can walk in, record a podcast, appear on a radio show, and live-stream a gig in the same day.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Slouchy hoodies over gossamer layers, wired cage-like corsets, an earthy milieu of silky, quilted and textured fabrics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Imam's explanation centers on the way different brain systems are wired before birth.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
Moss stood up and ran his fingers along the doorjamb, trying to find any indication of how this monster was wired.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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Among her tasks: wiring acclaimed authors for sound before they go on stage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
This raises the possibility that the condition of the brain's local wiring could help explain why two people with similar amounts of gray matter loss do not necessarily experience the same degree of cognitive decline.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 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
I replaced the bulb and tried a new battery, but that didn’t help—the internal wiring was bad.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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