eclipse
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The company is expected within weeks to make a public stock market listing that could eclipse SpaceX's record Wall Street debut in June, which raised $86.2 billion.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Breaks in the cloud above the White Cliffs meant WeatherWatcher 'Selsey Bill' got a view of the partial eclipse.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Anthropic is expected within weeks to make a public stock market listing that could eclipse SpaceX's record Wall Street debut in June, which raised $86.2 billion.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
The much more obvious stage starts at 03:33, as Earth's darker central shadow begins moving across the lunar surface, with maximum eclipse occurring at 05:12, external.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Somewhere around that time, so they say, there was an eclipse of the sun.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
The Romans saw meteor showers and eclipses as divine auguries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Such events are sometimes informally called "Martian solar eclipses."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
While he has seen three previous eclipses "every single one is different, especially this one as it is the biggest solar eclipse to hit the UK until 2090," he added.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Throughout human history eclipses have stirred amazement, fear and reverence, as they appear to momentarily halt the normal course of nature.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Roemer noticed that eclipses of Jupiter’s moons appeared later the farther we were from Jupiter.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
These wavelengths are then reflected back towards Earth, giving the eclipsed Moon its reddish colour.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Smoke particles scattered even more of the remaining blue wavelengths, intensifying the golden tones in the visible light surrounding the eclipsed Sun.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
The metal has eclipsed iron ore as the biggest earner for BHP -- generating more than half of the group's operating profit for the first time.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
And now — nine seasons, three All-Star nods and three World Series championships later — Muncy just eclipsed 10 years of service time on Sunday against the Brewers, eight days before his 36th birthday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The dazzle of this fictive childhood—full of swimming pools and orange groves and dissolute, charming show-biz parents—has all but eclipsed the drab original.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
During the 14-year tenure of Ryan Lance, ConocoPhillips reached a market capitalization of $140 billion, eclipsing British oil giant BP.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The Switzerland international moves to Villa Park in a deal eclipsing the £50m Villa paid Everton for Amadou Onana two years ago.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
The 32-year-old Everton keeper will become England's most capped player in the tournament when he makes his 18th World Cup appearance, eclipsing the previous record held by Peter Shilton.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
SpaceX’s market capitalization reached $2.8 trillion on Tuesday, eclipsing e-commerce giant Amazon, and made SpaceX the fifth largest public company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
The light of day revealed fall’s early brilliance, chartreuse, gold, and orange leaves eclipsing the dark green of summer.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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