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[proov] / pruv /


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While demand for crude has eased, that ultimately might not prove to be as big of a boon for consumers as many might expect.

From MarketWatch Aug. 16, 2026

According to the researchers, this finding does not directly prove that digoxin is effective.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

His next goal: call a game on consecutive days, just as a relief pitcher has to prove he can pitch on consecutive days.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

"Ian is a great fighter, good man and I respect him. He gave me a hard time but I still prove every fight," said 34-year-old Makhachev.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

“The only thing that’s impossible is that what we’re seeing is a ghost. Now we just have to prove it.”

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

But “Thunder and Mercy” proves its point: Uncovering the past can be a thrilling way of playing detective.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

“Prosecutors frequently use DNA testing to match someone to a crime as a means of getting a guilty verdict, and they are not willing to concede that that same evidence also proves innocence.”

From Salon Aug. 10, 2026

If further development proves successful, the technology could help improve fuel cells for applications ranging from transportation to electricity generation.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

So a pinch of surprising depth proves to be the most unwieldy move when Roth unveils a resonantly nasty surprise for his story’s endgame.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

Thus we cannot see the pores in the skin, but the passage of sweat through the skin proves they must be there.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Those doses caused heart muscle cells to contract more strongly, but that effect ultimately proved less helpful.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

Our critic raved that “Both indoors and out, Porter proved that there was beauty where one was inclined to behold it. This show is an invaluable opportunity to do just that.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Wrries about competition from short-form video have proved to be unfounded, in Pershing Square’s view, and Netflix has deep enough pockets to pay for the higher compute costs that could come from long-form high-quality video.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

Not for the first time, her instincts proved right.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

To believers, this proved that spirits produced the chemical.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

"It's proven to me I can do university and I will be able to succeed," Tabby said, who will be going to Bath Spa University.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

“They’ve proven to be too effective at catching bass.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

So far, the move in yields has proven sticky, even in the face of economic data that might have been expected to push yields lower.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

He was an established artist with a proven catalog of his own.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

NOTE: Nobody has yet proven a physical basis for why simple-ratio combinations sound pleasant to us.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

There’s also a little bit of pride in father and son proving that talent isn’t just found at top private schools.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

What is more difficult is proving that a product is genuinely halal.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

Data centers are also proving massively unpopular, even among conservative voters in rural areas.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

Unfortunately, just over one year later, the Great Depression arrived, proving Hoover tragically wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

In 1966, Walter Gilbert and Benno Muller-Hill isolated the repressor protein from bacterial cells—thereby proving Monod’s operon hypothesis beyond doubt.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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