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[pees] / pis /




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JPL is the largest piece of Caltech’s dependence on Washington.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

A flat piece of fried dough typically topped with sour cream, garlic and grated cheese, ordinary lángos is best sampled at the city’s market halls, for 1/100th the price of Stand’s tasting menu.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The scaffolding was erected at Archway Heights in 2020 as a precautionary measure after a piece of external cladding fell off, according to the housing association, People for Places.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

By uncovering a volcanic system that had been largely erased from the geological record, researchers have added another piece to the complex story of how Earth's continents and oceans evolved over millions of years.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

If someone showed particular interest in a piece and I needed to move on to another guest, I’d send them over to talk to Mr. Lew—and Ba, once he joined us freshly washed and groomed.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

During Phase 7, these processes continue until the remaining pieces have slowed enough that they no longer produce visible light.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Emergency services combed through the wreckage at night to find further victims on the key line linking Madrid with the southern city of Seville, hoisting pieces of mangled metal with cranes, AFP reporters saw.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

“She had all these different podcasts she liked and lessons from ones that were popular or just ones that she personally liked, pieces she took away from different things.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

In response, I like to give two pieces of advice.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

I skip the part where I have to decide some poor guy’s fate and just go with the standard details: the pieces I’m working on at school and a few other random things.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Details of residents’ deaths were, in many cases, pieced together from hearsay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

It’s a collection of songs pieced together from perfect-seeming snippets heard while passing open doors.

From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026

Investigators have pieced together much of what they know about Burke and Hernandez’s allegedly illegal relationship from a search of the singer’s cellphone, which was seized last September.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

"We finally pieced together the geologic records necessary to test this hypothesis."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026

They crept into the kitchen and found everything in there pieced together, too.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

Nearby, teams of archaeologists worked in tents, assembling skeletons out of the discovered bones and piecing together skulls that were destroyed by blunt-force trauma.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Or is there a point at which an elderly parent owes their adult children enough financial information that they’re not left piecing together a life from scratch?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

But things quickly spiral beyond clear narrative recognition, as piecing together the story becomes a puzzle unto itself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

DNA from descendants has become essential for identifying more of the Franklin expedition's dead and for piecing together details of the crew's final attempt to escape.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

I'm piecing together a makeshift slingshot out of old PVC pipes.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu


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