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What’s Next: Starting May 19, Delta will stop serving beverages and snacks on flights shorter than 350 miles, except for passengers in first class.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Because methane has a shorter atmospheric lifetime, reducing methane pollution could produce climate benefits relatively quickly.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

And shorter term efforts, such as volunteering at local nonprofits, certainly have more immediate results.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

The strategists studied four previous stagflation clusters: the mid-’70s “Great Inflation” episode, a subsequent shorter phase in the early 1980s, briefly in the global financial crisis and the post-2020 period.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

She was a lot shorter than I’d expected a therapist to be—shorter than Jonesy, even—and had a head full of gray-blonde curls so tight, they looked like they hurt.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell