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British King Charles landed in Guyana on Thursday as part of a Caribbean tour, looking to underscore the climate crisis while facing pressure to apologize for Britain's hand in slavery.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Free exhibitions featuring works by artists like Ed Ruscha and Jenny Holzer underscore its mission to make world-class art more accessible to people outside cities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
A few high-profile incidents where autonomous AI agents broke out of their sandboxes and infiltrated third-party systems have helped to underscore its importance.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
The findings underscore a fundamental principle of sleep biology: Rest is not simply a period when the brain switches off.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
As if to underscore his words, at that moment the sky opened, and Kaede stuffed the last bite of her bun into her mouth as they all scrambled for their rain gear.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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The end of the Cybertruck underscores Tesla’s shift away from its core autos business to focus on autonomy and robotics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
"That he does so at will with little opposition underscores how unassailable his position is at the moment."
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
It also underscores the scientific importance of the Zhenghe Fauna, a fossil assemblage that is helping researchers investigate a poorly understood period in bird evolution.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Smith’s experience underscores an important point: Going without a car isn’t necessarily about giving up something.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
In that sense, the Terman study underscores the argument Annette Lareau makes, that what your parents do for a living, and the assumptions that accompany the class your parents belong to, matter.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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The New York Times’ reporting into Megaspeed late last month underscored the broader challenge of keeping advanced Nvidia chips out of China despite U.S. restrictions on their sale to the parties operating in the country.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2026
But a high reading for consumer-price inflation on Thursday underscored the notion that a rate increase may be in store for December.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
The Ugandan health minister said the recent cases meant the risk had not ended and further underscored the need to "remain vigilant".
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Mr. Rubio has been overseeing the negotiations, and Ms. Machado has underscored her desire to assist in a peaceful transition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
It was an earsplitting, growling, grinding, screaming noise, shot through with a hoarse rackety-rackety sound and underscored with a deep chugga-chugga-chugga.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
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Every 90 seconds, an electric three-wheeler rolls off the production line at an Indian factory, underscoring a transformation that has made the country the largest market for battery-powered auto rickshaws.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
Total volumes rose 17% in Asia Pacific, underscoring the region’s appetizing growth prospects for the sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
Her research found that large Olympic visitor numbers do not necessarily translate into higher museum attendance, underscoring the importance of local audiences and programming before and beyond the competitions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Shares of CoreWeave tumbled more than 15% while some of the bonds it issued earlier this year dropped to fresh lows in the secondary market, underscoring investor concerns about its credit quality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
But we were reaffirming and underscoring those original concerns, many of which had gone by the wayside.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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