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[sur-ver] / ˈsɜr vər /




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Stewart and Ozell met in 2008 at a restaurant in Brooklyn where the latter was working as a server at the time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

The flaws were in PHP, the programming language behind most of the world’s websites, and they would let anyone run commands on a server without a password.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

Opposition has been building over worries about the environmental and human costs of the huge server farms, including air pollution, higher energy costs, water use and noise.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

The server company on Tuesday reported a fiscal first-quarter profit of $1.59 billion, or $1.75 a share.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Before the thirty minutes were up, the file containing every symbol in the Fairy Book was sitting safely in the Fowl server.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

"We've paused all deployments, we're moving additional traffic off the affected infrastructure, and we're restarting affected servers to return them to service."

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

Similarly, Chinese electronics manufacturer Foxconn Technology forecast strong demand for AI servers, although the company noted some uncertainty injected by the results of the U.S. midterm elections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

All affected servers had been restarted, it added.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn on Thursday reported a record net profit for the third quarter, as the global buildout of data centres fuels demand for the AI servers needed to operate them.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026

Some restaurants, the Hearthside included, allow servers to “grat” their foreign customers, or add a tip to the bill.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich


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