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"It's sort of like the Universe's own cosmic clock in a way," Smethurst said.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Some analysts doubt whether eBay would benefit much from that sort of deal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
He also plans to lend his own campaign $1 million, which seems like the sort of thing you do if you intend to gut it out.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
“I saw Texas the other day sort of is against data centers,” Trump said in a nearly hourlong sit-down interview with Punchbowl News released Friday.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
The fire had been some sort of illusion to get rid of him.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
“What do you think should be done about the court? Would you support these sorts of things?”
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
Sea level rise is expected to increase in all sorts of areas, from the San Francisco Bay to San Diego, Merrifield said, and impact the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
"Normally this sorts itself out within 48 hours."
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
This raises all sorts of questions about how progress will unfold in other fields as they are transformed by AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
There are all sorts of things I used to find fun.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
For more context, here is a look at the 11 sectors of the S&P 500, showing forward P/E ratios, sorted ascending, those at the end of 2025 and year-to-date weighted price changes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Copper, tantalum and even the plastic from circuit boards are sorted and sold to specialist recyclers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Jacie Prieto Lopez, vice president of communications for LA28, the Olympics organizing group, confirmed that improvements would be made to the facility but said specifics were still being sorted out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
He caveated his support as being for the principle of assisted dying and insisted he would want a requirement before any new law was implemented that hospices would be "properly funded and sorted out".
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
New armor appeared on Traveler’s character as he sorted through the loot he’d won in the battle.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
The new metacrystal performs the sorting process on its own.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Mohamed says the most important thing is to follow Japan's rules, including sorting refuse properly, obeying parking laws, and wearing helmets when riding your bicycle.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
But lately, it’s been more about sorting the potential winners from losers in the artificial-intelligence race.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Participants completed more than 30,000 sorting trials over a period of 5 to 10 weeks using a smartphone app designed as a game.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
Holly laughed and went back to sorting her scraps.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
