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Beatty’s lyrics are filled with strong images and evocative phrases — the paint chipping off a “white picket dream” in the new album’s “Fleur de Lis,” for instance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

Iraq, for instance, is planning to move more oil through a pipeline system that runs through Turkey to the Mediterranean.

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026

In 2024, for instance, the S&P 500 returned 25%.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026

That action is being brought by campaigners who claim the trial is unethical and that children cannot give properly informed consent to take part in something that could, for instance, damage their future fertility.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

Mercury's orbit, for instance, wobbled in a way that disagreed with what Newton predicted, but on the whole, Newton’s theories were tested again and again, and they usually passed.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife