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Stars in a very close binary can become tidally locked, meaning each star rotates on its axis at the same rate that the pair orbits one another.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

“I genuinely see Iran’s relationship with the axis as one of interdependence. It derives some of its strength, information and access to global markets through these different groups,” Salisbury said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

There are some signs that the high pressure axis may shift farther north, across the northern UK.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

At the Zurbatiyah crossing, large fans sprayed mist to cool the heat as pilgrims passed portraits of Khamenei, his son and successor Mujtaba, and other slain commanders from Iran's so-called "axis of resistance."

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

On that axis the snout absorbed a faint signal.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

From those measurements, they determined that the magnetic and rotational axes of 1E 1547 are almost aligned.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026

It is his Excalibur, his Andúril, the vaunted weapon only he can string and use to hit a bullseye through a row of twelve crossed axes.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

It bears heavy signs of use and was made by Fuhrer Frères of Gstaad, the same Swiss firm that supplied fifteen axes to the 1924 Everest expedition.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

These electronically damped wheeled selectors offer three axes of input, using microtorque feedback to imitate the bump and tug of physical detents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

In a desperate attempt to keep the pressure off the ship, Shackleton ordered some of the men over the side to hack away at the floes, with the axes, and picks.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong