iron
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Tens of thousands of people relied on iron lungs to live, following polio's peak in the 1950's.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Zhang graduated from the prestigious Peking University in Beijing with a Spanish degree in 2010, and a year later travelled to Mexico to work for a Chinese-owned company that mined iron ore.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The outdoor entertaining areas were also refreshed with new landscaping and elegant iron furniture that complements the home’s timeless aesthetic.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Two more ships left for China loaded with Iranian iron ore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The iron throws him flat on his back, but as his men come running through the gunpowder smoke, he sits up.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Hotel irons are sketchy and hotel dry cleaning is expensive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
Tesla has “lots of irons in the fire” that could help shares move higher, Kallo said in a note to clients.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026
Meanwhile, Rebel Wilson won worst actress for "her not-quite-believable performance as an action hero in Bride Hard with weaponised curling irons".
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
The five-time major winner from Northern Ireland switched to cavity-back irons for last December's Australian Open and two events this year in Dubai but is back to familiar equipment this week.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
Before being led away in irons to the state penitentiary, Burkhart turned and smiled wanly at Mollie.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
Balda and Mazin deliver a critical message for audiences of all ages in a succinct, no-rough-edges package with a perfectly ironed bow on top.
From Salon ● May 25, 2026
Some issues need to be ironed out for those plans to be commercially viable.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026
It’s unclear whether all the details of this provision have been ironed out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
Like all great players, McIlroy ironed out his swing kinks and sacrificed distance with the driver for a greater accuracy which underpinned a gutsy one-under 71 in Sunday's finale.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
Mr. Spencer wore a pair of stiffly starched and ironed overalls—probably pretty uncomfortable.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
“What the 60-day window is actually for is ironing out the thorniest details,” Henrietta Treyz, director of economic policy at Veda Partners, wrote in a note.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026
Duchamp’s seeming disinterest often revealed itself to be something far more venomous, as when he fantasized about a nihilistic readymade: “Use a Rembrandt as an ironing board.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
First she mocked women with, “What am I, my husband’s servant? Picking up after him all the time, picking his undies off the floor, ironing his clothes? What am I, his servant?”
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
At a Karur textile factory, busy with workers attaching labels to caps and ironing cloth bags, AFP saw eight people wearing head cameras and smart glasses supplied by Objectways.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
“You’ll do the ironing at night after the girls go to bed, and in the mornings I’ll get everything organized for dinner.”
From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed
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