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One obstacle was that previous theory could only reliably describe frequencies below 1 Hz.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
When I met her in person, it was what I could only describe as love at first sight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Now neighbours describe a street living in fear and say the home has been targeted for more than a year.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Tucker and Brownstein describe her as one of their “biggest inspirations.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
By that she meant reddish, although a person who was accustomed to talking about hair would be more likely to describe it as a rich auburn.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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She said meeting patients in a garden can have benefits compared to seeing them a consulting room and describes the garden as her "happy place".
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Long before she escaped, Molchanova gave Epstein the code name “mishka,” a Russian term that translates loosely as “little bear”—from a popular song that describes a bear who is a criminal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
The other is the Zeeman effect, which describes the coupling between the magnetic field and electron spin.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
MapQuest — a navigation app that describes itself as the “OG of online mapping” — shot up to the top of Apple’s charts for free apps as more people downloaded it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
He publishes a series of articles, in which he describes Tala as a “graveyard of the living dead.”
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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Defensive line coach Giff Smith described the acquisition of Garrett, who amassed an NFL-season record 23 sacks last season, as “a grand slam.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Now, standing above the scarred banks of the river in Nuwakot district more than a week after the disaster, Dawadi described himself simply as "a principal without a school".
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Its design and initial results are described in a new paper published in the journal Nuclear Fusion.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Scientists at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador have formally described Pristimantis milpe, a common and widespread frog that spent more than a century being mistaken for another species.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
Dodos, as you know, are extinct; therefore, this rather gloomy phrase means that the thing being described is not merely dead.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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After describing a stint on the injured list as “unlikely but not impossible” on Thursday, Roberts said Friday that he was “hopeful, but I wouldn’t say confident,” that Ohtani would avoid the IL.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
“I never wanted this Forum deal. Always knew it was super shady,” Scott Sonnenberg, the Clippers’ chief commercial officer, wrote in a text message in 2022 describing the carbon-offset arrangement, according to the report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Alliance councillor Alderman Richard Stewart also paid tribute to Norman Irwin following his death, describing him as a "true Coleraine legend".
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
It said an inexperienced third officer was at the helm and there was no lookout on duty, describing it as "serious negligence".
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
There are several more lines of text, describing some of the issues this group has fought for.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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